#8c8de9

Color #8c8de9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8de9

RGB

rgb(140, 141, 233)

HSL

hsl(239.4, 67.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.4, 39.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.9%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(62.09, 21.94, -46.67)

LCH

lch(62.09, 51.57, 295.18)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1342, 281.74)

HWB

hwb(239.4, 54.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9e88c

Analogous

#8cbbe9

#8c8de9

#b98ce9

Triadic

#8c8de9

#e98c8d

#8de98c

Split-complementary

#8c8de9

#e9b98c

#bbe98c

Tetradic

#8c8de9

#e88ce9

#e9e88c

#8de98c

Square

#8c8de9

#e98cbb

#e9e88c

#8ce9b9

Shades

Color #8c8de9 mixed toward black.

#5859df

#282ad1

#1e1f9c

#141568

#0a0a34

Tints

Color #8c8de9 mixed toward white.

#9fa0ed

#b2b3f0

#c5c6f4

#d9d9f8

#ececfb

Tones

Color #8c8de9 mixed toward gray.

#9494e1

#9b9cd9

#a3a4d2

#ababca

#b3b3c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cd7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8c8cd3 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#8cc8c4 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8de9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8de9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c8de9 (#8c8de9) is rgb(140, 141, 233) in RGB.

No, #8c8de9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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