#8ca3fa

Color #8ca3fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca3fa

RGB

rgb(140, 163, 250)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 91.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 44%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44%, 34.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(68.51, 14.02, -45.88)

LCH

lch(68.51, 47.97, 286.99)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1291, 271.64)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 54.9%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fae38c

Analogous

#8cdafa

#8ca3fa

#ac8cfa

Triadic

#8ca3fa

#fa8ca3

#a3fa8c

Split-complementary

#8ca3fa

#faac8c

#dafa8c

Tetradic

#8ca3fa

#e38cfa

#fae38c

#a3fa8c

Square

#8ca3fa

#fa8cda

#fae38c

#8cfaac

Shades

Color #8ca3fa mixed toward black.

#4e71f7

#0f3ff5

#082dbb

#051e7d

#030f3e

Tints

Color #8ca3fa mixed toward white.

#9fb2fb

#b2c2fc

#c6d1fd

#d9e0fd

#ecf0fe

Tones

Color #8ca3fa mixed toward gray.

#95a8f1

#9eaee8

#a8b3df

#b1b8d5

#babecc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797e9 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#9593e4 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#8ddad6 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca3fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca3fa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca3fa (#8ca3fa) is rgb(140, 163, 250) in RGB.

No, #8ca3fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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