#8ca3ff

Color #8ca3ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca3ff

RGB

rgb(140, 163, 255)

HSL

hsl(228, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.74, 15.44, -48.24)

LCH

lch(68.74, 50.65, 287.75)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.1359, 272.07)

HWB

hwb(228, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffe88c

Analogous

#8cddff

#8ca3ff

#af8cff

Triadic

#8ca3ff

#ff8ca3

#a3ff8c

Split-complementary

#8ca3ff

#ffaf8c

#ddff8c

Tetradic

#8ca3ff

#e88cff

#ffe88c

#a3ff8c

Square

#8ca3ff

#ff8cdd

#ffe88c

#8cffaf

Shades

Color #8ca3ff mixed toward black.

#4a6fff

#093aff

#0028c6

#001a84

#000d42

Tints

Color #8ca3ff mixed toward white.

#9fb3ff

#b3c2ff

#c6d1ff

#d9e0ff

#ecf0ff

Tones

Color #8ca3ff mixed toward gray.

#96a9f5

#9fafec

#a9b4e2

#b3bad9

#bcc0cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ed · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9593e8 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#8dddda · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca3ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca3ff (#8ca3ff) is rgb(140, 163, 255) in RGB.

No, #8ca3ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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