#8ea8d4

Color #8ea8d4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.46 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea8d4

RGB

rgb(142, 168, 212)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 44.9%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 33%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(68.39, 1.44, -25.24)

LCH

lch(68.39, 25.28, 273.27)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0706, 260.87)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 55.7%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4ba8e

Analogous

#8ecbd4

#8ea8d4

#978ed4

Triadic

#8ea8d4

#d48ea8

#a8d48e

Split-complementary

#8ea8d4

#d4978e

#cbd48e

Tetradic

#8ea8d4

#ba8ed4

#d4ba8e

#a8d48e

Square

#8ea8d4

#d48ecb

#d4ba8e

#8ed497

Shades

Color #8ea8d4 mixed toward black.

#6387c4

#4168ab

#314e80

#213455

#101a2b

Tints

Color #8ea8d4 mixed toward white.

#a1b6db

#b4c5e2

#c6d3ea

#d9e2f1

#ecf0f8

Tones

Color #8ea8d4 mixed toward gray.

#94a9ce

#9aabc8

#9facc2

#a5aebd

#abafb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aca · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#9896c8 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#8fc3c1 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea8d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea8d4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea8d4 (#8ea8d4) is rgb(142, 168, 212) in RGB.

No, #8ea8d4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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