#8ea1e4

Color #8ea1e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea1e4

RGB

rgb(142, 161, 228)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 61.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 37.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(67.16, 9.58, -35.96)

LCH

lch(67.16, 37.21, 284.92)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1003, 271.54)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 55.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4d18e

Analogous

#8ecce4

#8ea1e4

#a68ee4

Triadic

#8ea1e4

#e48ea1

#a1e48e

Split-complementary

#8ea1e4

#e4a68e

#cce48e

Tetradic

#8ea1e4

#d18ee4

#e4d18e

#a1e48e

Square

#8ea1e4

#e48ecc

#e4d18e

#8ee4a6

Shades

Color #8ea1e4 mixed toward black.

#5c78d8

#3051c7

#243d95

#182963

#0c1432

Tints

Color #8ea1e4 mixed toward white.

#a1b1e8

#b4c0ed

#c6d0f1

#d9e0f6

#eceffa

Tones

Color #8ea1e4 mixed toward gray.

#95a5dd

#9ca9d6

#a3adce

#abb1c7

#b2b5c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797d6 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#9594d3 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#8fcbc8 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea1e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea1e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea1e4 (#8ea1e4) is rgb(142, 161, 228) in RGB.

No, #8ea1e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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