#8adfff

Color #8adfff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8adfff

RGB

rgb(138, 223, 255)

HSL

hsl(196.4, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.4, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(84.69, -17.56, -23.57)

LCH

lch(84.69, 29.39, 233.31)

OKLCH

oklch(86.1%, 0.0935, 224.13)

HWB

hwb(196.4, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffaa8a

Analogous

#8affe5

#8adfff

#8aa5ff

Triadic

#8adfff

#ff8adf

#dfff8a

Split-complementary

#8adfff

#ff8aa5

#ffe58a

Tetradic

#8adfff

#aa8aff

#ffaa8a

#dfff8a

Square

#8adfff

#e58aff

#ffaa8a

#a5ff8a

Shades

Color #8adfff mixed toward black.

#49cdff

#07bbff

#008fc5

#005f83

#003042

Tints

Color #8adfff mixed toward white.

#9ee4ff

#b1eaff

#c5efff

#d8f4ff

#ecfaff

Tones

Color #8adfff mixed toward gray.

#94dbf5

#9ed6ec

#a7d2e2

#b1cdd8

#bbc9ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6f8 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#b0a9f6 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#90f2f1 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8adfff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8adfff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#8adfff (#8adfff) is rgb(138, 223, 255) in RGB.

No, #8adfff 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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