#8b8ee3

Color #8b8ee3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8ee3

RGB

rgb(139, 142, 227)

HSL

hsl(238, 61.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238, 38.8%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(61.98, 19.44, -43.52)

LCH

lch(61.98, 47.66, 294.07)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1245, 281.02)

HWB

hwb(238, 54.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e08b

Analogous

#8bbae3

#8b8ee3

#b48be3

Triadic

#8b8ee3

#e38b8e

#8ee38b

Split-complementary

#8b8ee3

#e3b48b

#bae38b

Tetradic

#8b8ee3

#e08be3

#e3e08b

#8ee38b

Square

#8b8ee3

#e38bba

#e3e08b

#8be3b4

Shades

Color #8b8ee3 mixed toward black.

#5a5ed7

#2f34c5

#242793

#181a62

#0c0d31

Tints

Color #8b8ee3 mixed toward white.

#9ea1e8

#b2b4ec

#c5c7f1

#d8d9f6

#ececfa

Tones

Color #8b8ee3 mixed toward gray.

#9295dc

#9a9cd4

#a1a3cd

#a8a9c6

#b0b0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cd2 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8c8cce · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8bc4c1 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8ee3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8ee3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8b8ee3 (#8b8ee3) is rgb(139, 142, 227) in RGB.

No, #8b8ee3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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