Light Steel Blue (Blue)

#8EAEC6

RGB: 142, 174, 198

Color OverviewHEX #8EAEC6

#8EAEC6 Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #8EAEC6 is composed of 56% red, 68% green, and 78% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 206°, saturation of 33%, and lightness of 67%.

HEX

#8EAEC6

RGB

142, 174, 198

HSL

206°, 33%, 67%

HSV

206°, 28%, 78%

CMYK

28%, 12%, 0%, 22%

Name Match

Light Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #8EAEC6 (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #8EAEC6 (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #8EAEC6 (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #8EAEC6

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #8EAEC6 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):2.33 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #8EAEC6 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):9.02 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #8EAEC6;
}

.element {
  color: #8EAEC6;
  background-color: #8EAEC6;
  border-color: #8EAEC6;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#8EAEC6] text-[#8EAEC6] border-[#8EAEC6]">
  Content styled with #8EAEC6
</div>