#8c90e4

Color #8c90e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.37 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c90e4

RGB

rgb(140, 144, 228)

HSL

hsl(237.3, 62%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.3, 38.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 36.8%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(62.61, 18.82, -43.08)

LCH

lch(62.61, 47.01, 293.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.123, 280.54)

HWB

hwb(237.3, 54.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e08c

Analogous

#8cbce4

#8c90e4

#b48ce4

Triadic

#8c90e4

#e48c90

#90e48c

Split-complementary

#8c90e4

#e4b48c

#bce48c

Tetradic

#8c90e4

#e08ce4

#e4e08c

#90e48c

Square

#8c90e4

#e48cbc

#e4e08c

#8ce4b4

Shades

Color #8c90e4 mixed toward black.

#5a60d8

#2f35c7

#232895

#171b63

#0c0d32

Tints

Color #8c90e4 mixed toward white.

#9fa3e9

#b2b5ed

#c6c8f2

#d9daf6

#ecedfb

Tones

Color #8c90e4 mixed toward gray.

#9397dd

#9b9dd5

#a2a4ce

#a9abc7

#b1b1bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ed4 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8e8dcf · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#8cc5c2 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c90e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c90e4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8c90e4 (#8c90e4) is rgb(140, 144, 228) in RGB.

No, #8c90e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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