#8cbce4

Color #8cbce4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 8.14 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#8cbce4

RGB

rgb(140, 188, 228)

HSL

hsl(207.3, 62%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.3, 38.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(74.28, -5.9, -24.99)

LCH

lch(74.28, 25.68, 256.72)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0767, 244.1)

HWB

hwb(207.3, 54.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4b48c

Analogous

#8ce4e0

#8cbce4

#8c90e4

Triadic

#8cbce4

#e48cbc

#bce48c

Split-complementary

#8cbce4

#e48c90

#e4e08c

Tetradic

#8cbce4

#b48ce4

#e4b48c

#bce48c

Square

#8cbce4

#e08ce4

#e4b48c

#90e48c

Shades

Color #8cbce4 mixed toward black.

#5a9fd8

#2f82c7

#236195

#174163

#0c2032

Tints

Color #8cbce4 mixed toward white.

#9fc7e9

#b2d2ed

#c6def2

#d9e9f6

#ecf4fb

Tones

Color #8cbce4 mixed toward gray.

#93bbdd

#9bbbd5

#a2bace

#a9b9c7

#b1b9bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3db · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#a09cd9 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#8fd4d2 · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cbce4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cbce4]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8cbce4 (#8cbce4) is rgb(140, 188, 228) in RGB.

No, #8cbce4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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