#8ea9ea

Color #8ea9ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea9ea

RGB

rgb(142, 169, 234)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 68.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 39.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.52, 6.68, -35.58)

LCH

lch(69.52, 36.2, 280.63)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0994, 266.65)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 55.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eacf8e

Analogous

#8ed7ea

#8ea9ea

#a18eea

Triadic

#8ea9ea

#ea8ea9

#a9ea8e

Split-complementary

#8ea9ea

#eaa18e

#d7ea8e

Tetradic

#8ea9ea

#cf8eea

#eacf8e

#a9ea8e

Square

#8ea9ea

#ea8ed7

#eacf8e

#8eeaa1

Shades

Color #8ea9ea mixed toward black.

#5981e0

#275ad3

#1d439f

#142d6a

#0a1635

Tints

Color #8ea9ea mixed toward white.

#a1b7ee

#b4c6f1

#c6d4f5

#d9e2f8

#ecf1fc

Tones

Color #8ea9ea mixed toward gray.

#96ace2

#9dafdb

#a5b2d3

#adb6cb

#b4b9c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bdd · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#9997d9 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#90d1ce · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea9ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea9ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea9ea (#8ea9ea) is rgb(142, 169, 234) in RGB.

No, #8ea9ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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