#8e99ed

Color #8e99ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8e99ed

RGB

rgb(142, 153, 237)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 72.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 40.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(65.47, 16.61, -43.54)

LCH

lch(65.47, 46.6, 290.88)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1231, 277.09)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 55.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ede28e

Analogous

#8ec8ed

#8e99ed

#b38eed

Triadic

#8e99ed

#ed8e99

#99ed8e

Split-complementary

#8e99ed

#edb38e

#c8ed8e

Tetradic

#8e99ed

#e28eed

#ede28e

#99ed8e

Square

#8e99ed

#ed8ec8

#ede28e

#8eedb3

Shades

Color #8e99ed mixed toward black.

#5768e4

#2338da

#1a2aa3

#111c6d

#090e36

Tints

Color #8e99ed mixed toward white.

#a1aaf0

#b4bbf3

#c6ccf6

#d9ddf9

#eceefc

Tones

Color #8e99ed mixed toward gray.

#969fe5

#9ea5dd

#a6abd5

#aeb1cd

#b6b7c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dc · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9291d8 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#8fcecb · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e99ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e99ed]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#8e99ed (#8e99ed) is rgb(142, 153, 237) in RGB.

No, #8e99ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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