#8bb2ea

Color #8bb2ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8bb2ea

RGB

rgb(139, 178, 234)

HSL

hsl(215.4, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.4, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(71.74, 0.89, -32.16)

LCH

lch(71.74, 32.17, 271.59)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0916, 257.39)

HWB

hwb(215.4, 54.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac38b

Analogous

#8be1ea

#8bb2ea

#938bea

Triadic

#8bb2ea

#ea8bb2

#b2ea8b

Split-complementary

#8bb2ea

#ea938b

#e1ea8b

Tetradic

#8bb2ea

#c38bea

#eac38b

#b2ea8b

Square

#8bb2ea

#ea8be1

#eac38b

#8bea93

Shades

Color #8bb2ea mixed toward black.

#568fe0

#266dd2

#1d529e

#133669

#0a1b35

Tints

Color #8bb2ea mixed toward white.

#9ebfed

#b2ccf1

#c5d8f4

#d8e5f8

#ecf2fb

Tones

Color #8bb2ea mixed toward gray.

#93b3e2

#9bb5da

#a3b6d2

#abb8ca

#b2b9c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ede · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#9b98db · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#8dd4d2 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bb2ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bb2ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8bb2ea (#8bb2ea) is rgb(139, 178, 234) in RGB.

No, #8bb2ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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