#8cafe1

Color #8cafe1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.45 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8cafe1

RGB

rgb(140, 175, 225)

HSL

hsl(215.3, 58.6%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.3, 37.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(70.64, 0.4, -28.93)

LCH

lch(70.64, 28.93, 270.79)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0822, 257.28)

HWB

hwb(215.3, 54.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1be8c

Analogous

#8cdae1

#8cafe1

#948ce1

Triadic

#8cafe1

#e18caf

#afe18c

Split-complementary

#8cafe1

#e1948c

#dae18c

Tetradic

#8cafe1

#be8ce1

#e1be8c

#afe18c

Square

#8cafe1

#e18cda

#e1be8c

#8ce194

Shades

Color #8cafe1 mixed toward black.

#5c8ed4

#326dc1

#265291

#193761

#0d1b30

Tints

Color #8cafe1 mixed toward white.

#9fbce6

#b2caeb

#c6d7f0

#d9e4f5

#ecf2fa

Tones

Color #8cafe1 mixed toward gray.

#93b0da

#9ab2d3

#a1b3cc

#a8b4c5

#b0b5be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9dd6 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9a98d4 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#8ecdcb · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cafe1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cafe1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8cafe1 (#8cafe1) is rgb(140, 175, 225) in RGB.

No, #8cafe1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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