#8ac4ff

Color #8ac4ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ac4ff

RGB

rgb(138, 196, 255)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(77.34, -3.43, -34.83)

LCH

lch(77.34, 35, 264.38)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.1035, 249.64)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffc58a

Analogous

#8afeff

#8ac4ff

#8b8aff

Triadic

#8ac4ff

#ff8ac4

#c4ff8a

Split-complementary

#8ac4ff

#ff8b8a

#feff8a

Tetradic

#8ac4ff

#c58aff

#ffc58a

#c4ff8a

Square

#8ac4ff

#ff8afe

#ffc58a

#8aff8b

Shades

Color #8ac4ff mixed toward black.

#49a3ff

#0782ff

#0061c5

#004183

#002042

Tints

Color #8ac4ff mixed toward white.

#9eceff

#b1d8ff

#c5e2ff

#d8ebff

#ecf5ff

Tones

Color #8ac4ff mixed toward gray.

#94c4f5

#9ec4ec

#a7c4e2

#b1c4d8

#bbc5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7f2 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#a39eef · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#8ee8e5 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ac4ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ac4ff]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#8ac4ff (#8ac4ff) is rgb(138, 196, 255) in RGB.

No, #8ac4ff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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