#8eaee5

Color #8eaee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.37 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8eaee5

RGB

rgb(142, 174, 229)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 62.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 38%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(70.65, 2.55, -31.1)

LCH

lch(70.65, 31.2, 274.69)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0874, 261.04)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 55.7%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5c58e

Analogous

#8ed9e5

#8eaee5

#998ee5

Triadic

#8eaee5

#e58eae

#aee58e

Split-complementary

#8eaee5

#e5998e

#d9e58e

Tetradic

#8eaee5

#c58ee5

#e5c58e

#aee58e

Square

#8eaee5

#e58ed9

#e5c58e

#8ee599

Shades

Color #8eaee5 mixed toward black.

#5c8ad9

#2e67c9

#234d97

#173464

#0c1a32

Tints

Color #8eaee5 mixed toward white.

#a1bbe9

#b4c9ee

#c6d6f2

#d9e4f6

#ecf1fb

Tones

Color #8eaee5 mixed toward gray.

#95b0de

#9cb2d6

#a4b4cf

#abb6c8

#b2b7c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dd9 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#9b99d6 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#90d0cd · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8eaee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8eaee5]

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

#8eaee5 (#8eaee5) is rgb(142, 174, 229) in RGB.

No, #8eaee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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