#8c98eb

Color #8c98eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c98eb

RGB

rgb(140, 152, 235)

HSL

hsl(232.4, 70.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.4, 40.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(64.99, 16.12, -43.21)

LCH

lch(64.99, 46.12, 290.46)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1221, 276.54)

HWB

hwb(232.4, 54.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebdf8c

Analogous

#8cc7eb

#8c98eb

#af8ceb

Triadic

#8c98eb

#eb8c98

#98eb8c

Split-complementary

#8c98eb

#ebaf8c

#c7eb8c

Tetradic

#8c98eb

#df8ceb

#ebdf8c

#98eb8c

Square

#8c98eb

#eb8cc7

#ebdf8c

#8cebaf

Shades

Color #8c98eb mixed toward black.

#5768e2

#253bd5

#1c2ca0

#121e6a

#090f35

Tints

Color #8c98eb mixed toward white.

#9fa9ee

#b2baf2

#c5cbf5

#d9ddf8

#eceefc

Tones

Color #8c98eb mixed toward gray.

#949ee3

#9ca4db

#a4aad3

#acb0cb

#b3b6c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9191db · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9190d6 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#8dccc9 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c98eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c98eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8c98eb (#8c98eb) is rgb(140, 152, 235) in RGB.

No, #8c98eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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