#8eb4ee

Color #8eb4ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8eb4ee

RGB

rgb(142, 180, 238)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 73.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 40.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.6, 1.64, -32.97)

LCH

lch(72.6, 33.01, 272.85)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0935, 258.65)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 55.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec88e

Analogous

#8ee4ee

#8eb4ee

#988eee

Triadic

#8eb4ee

#ee8eb4

#b4ee8e

Split-complementary

#8eb4ee

#ee988e

#e4ee8e

Tetradic

#8eb4ee

#c88eee

#eec88e

#b4ee8e

Square

#8eb4ee

#ee8ee4

#eec88e

#8eee98

Shades

Color #8eb4ee mixed toward black.

#578fe6

#216bdc

#1950a5

#11366e

#081b37

Tints

Color #8eb4ee mixed toward white.

#a1c0f1

#b4cdf4

#c6d9f6

#d9e6f9

#ecf2fc

Tones

Color #8eb4ee mixed toward gray.

#96b6e6

#9eb7de

#a6b9d6

#aebbce

#b6bcc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0e2 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#9e9bdf · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#90d7d5 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 19

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8eb4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8eb4ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#8eb4ee (#8eb4ee) is rgb(142, 180, 238) in RGB.

No, #8eb4ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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