#8e9eeb Color Information

#8e9eeb Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #8e9eeb. In RGB, it consists of 55.7% Red, 62.0% Green, and 92.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 39.6% Cyan, 32.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 7.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 229.7°, with saturation of 69.9% and lightness of 73.9%. The decimal value for #8e9eeb is 9346795, and its nearest "web safe" color is #9999ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #8e9eeb is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#8e9eeb Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color142, 158, 235 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color55.7%, 62.0%, 92.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.443, 0.380, 0.078 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.396, 0.328, 0, 0.078 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color229.7°, 69.9%, 73.9% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color229.7°, 39.6%, 92.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color38.378, 36.203, 83.562 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color142, 156, 235 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code9346795 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color66.675, 13.203, -40.568 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)66.675, 42.663, 288.027 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color66.675, -11.576, -66.542 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color60.169, 8.558, -40.224 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.243, 0.229, 36.203 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4287536875 / 0xff8e9eeb Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#9999ff Copy
Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Shades of #8e9eeb

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #8e9eeb, its pure hue is 229.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 69.9%, and its lightness is 73.9%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #8e9eeb, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #12141d to #7c8ace.

Tints of #8e9eeb

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #8e9eeb, its pure hue is 229.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 69.9%, and its lightness is 73.9%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #8e9eeb, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #9caaee to #f1f3fd.

Tones of #8e9eeb

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #8e9eeb, its pure hue is 229.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 69.9%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #8e9eeb, which range from #bdbdbd (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #7a91ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #8e9eeb

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #8e9eeb! For #8e9eeb, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #8e9eeb. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #8e9eeb

This color, #8e9eeb, consists of 55.7% Red, 62.0% Green, and 92.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 142, Green = 158, Blue = 235. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #8e9eeb is 39.6% Cyan, 32.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 7.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R55.7%
C39.6%
G62.0%
M32.8%
B92.2%
Y0.0%
K7.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 142 158 235
Octal 216 236 353
Hexa #8e #9e #eb
Binary 10001110 10011110 11101011
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 39 32 0 7
Octal 47 40 0 7
Hexa #27 #20 #00 #07
Binary 00100111 00100000 00000000 00000111

Analogous Colors of #8e9eeb

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #8e9eeb — which has hue 229.7° — its analogous colors are located at 199.7° and 259.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8e9eeb.

Triadic Colors of #8e9eeb

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #8e9eeb — which has hue 229.7° — its triadic colors are located at 109.7° and 349.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8e9eeb.

Complementary Color of #8e9eeb

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #8e9eeb — which has hue 229.7° — its complementary color is located at 49.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8e9eeb.

Split Complementary Colors of #8e9eeb

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #8e9eeb — which has hue 229.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 19.7° and 229.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8e9eeb.

Tetradic Colors of #8e9eeb

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #8e9eeb — which has hue 229.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 139.7°, 229.7°, 319.7°, and 49.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8e9eeb.

Monochromatic Colors of #8e9eeb

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #8e9eeb, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #6577d2 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #c2cbfa (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #8e9eeb

We want to make getting started with #8e9eeb on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #8e9eeb into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #8e9eeb can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #8e9eeb with other HTML elements.

#8e9eeb Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #8e9eeb.
<span style="color: #8e9eeb;">The color of this text is #8e9eeb.</span>

#8e9eeb Background Color

The background color for this text is #8e9eeb.
<div style="background-color: #8e9eeb; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #8e9eeb.</div>

#8e9eeb Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #8e9eeb.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #8e9eeb;">This color for the shadow of this text is #8e9eeb.</span>

#8e9eeb Border Color

This is a div with border color #8e9eeb.
<div style="border: #8e9eeb 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #8e9eeb.</div>

#8e9eeb Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #8e9eeb on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8e9eeb; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8e9eeb on a white background.</div></div>

#8e9eeb Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #8e9eeb on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8e9eeb; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8e9eeb on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #8e9eeb to White

This is a gradient from #8e9eeb to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8e9eeb,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8e9eeb to white.</div>

Gradient from #8e9eeb to Black

This is a gradient from #8e9eeb to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8e9eeb,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8e9eeb,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8e9eeb to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #8e9eeb

In addition to using #8e9eeb on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #8e9eeb in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #8e9eeb, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 142, Green = 158, Blue = 235). If you need details about the color coordinates of #8e9eeb in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #8e9eeb
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(142, 158, 235)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #8e9eeb; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #8e9eeb; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #8e9eeb; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(142, 158, 235);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#8e9eeb")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:142, green:158, blue:235, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:142 green:158 blue:235 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(142f, 158f, 235f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(142, 158, 235);
 

#8e9eeb Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #8e9eeb the same way. For those with color blindness, #8e9eeb might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #8e9eeb looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #8e9eeb is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #8e9eeb looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #8e9eeb will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #8e9eeb is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.5:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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