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#8da5cd color: Anode

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218°
100%

OKLCH

71.8%
0.065
261°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.50:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.40:1 · AALc 55

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About #8da5cd

#8da5cd is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 71.8% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 261°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.5:1 contrast and black text 8.4:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Anode (#89a4cd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #8da5cd mixed with white

  1. 8da5cd
  2. 98aed2
  3. a3b7d7
  4. aec0dc
  5. b9c8e1
  6. c5d1e6
  7. d0daeb
  8. dce4f0
  9. e7edf5
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #8da5cd mixed with black

  1. 8da5cd
  2. 7a8fb2
  3. 677998
  4. 55657e
  5. 445166
  6. 333d4e
  7. 232b38
  8. 141a23
  9. 070a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8da5cd with less saturation

  1. 8da5cd
  2. 8fa5c9
  3. 92a5c5
  4. 94a5c1
  5. 96a5bd
  6. 99a5b9
  7. 9ba5b5
  8. 9da4b0
  9. 9fa4ac
  10. a2a4a8