#8bb1e2

Color #8bb1e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8bb1e2

RGB

rgb(139, 177, 226)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 60%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 38.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(71.16, -0.71, -28.69)

LCH

lch(71.16, 28.7, 268.58)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0823, 255)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 54.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2bc8b

Analogous

#8bdde2

#8bb1e2

#918be2

Triadic

#8bb1e2

#e28bb1

#b1e28b

Split-complementary

#8bb1e2

#e2918b

#dde28b

Tetradic

#8bb1e2

#bc8be2

#e2bc8b

#b1e28b

Square

#8bb1e2

#e28bdd

#e2bc8b

#8be291

Shades

Color #8bb1e2 mixed toward black.

#5a90d6

#3170c3

#255492

#183861

#0c1c31

Tints

Color #8bb1e2 mixed toward white.

#9ebee7

#b2cbec

#c5d8f1

#d8e5f5

#ecf2fa

Tones

Color #8bb1e2 mixed toward gray.

#92b2db

#9ab3d4

#a1b4cc

#a8b5c5

#afb6be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dd7 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#9b98d5 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8dcfcd · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bb1e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bb1e2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8bb1e2 (#8bb1e2) is rgb(139, 177, 226) in RGB.

No, #8bb1e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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