#8ae5ff

Color #8ae5ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ae5ff

RGB

rgb(138, 229, 255)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(86.33, -20.58, -21.07)

LCH

lch(86.33, 29.45, 225.67)

OKLCH

oklch(87.4%, 0.094, 218.17)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa48a

Analogous

#8affde

#8ae5ff

#8aabff

Triadic

#8ae5ff

#ff8ae5

#e5ff8a

Split-complementary

#8ae5ff

#ff8aab

#ffde8a

Tetradic

#8ae5ff

#a48aff

#ffa48a

#e5ff8a

Square

#8ae5ff

#de8aff

#ffa48a

#abff8a

Shades

Color #8ae5ff mixed toward black.

#49d7ff

#07c8ff

#0099c5

#006683

#003342

Tints

Color #8ae5ff mixed toward white.

#9ee9ff

#b1eeff

#c5f2ff

#d8f6ff

#ecfbff

Tones

Color #8ae5ff mixed toward gray.

#94e0f5

#9edaec

#a7d5e2

#b1cfd8

#bbcace

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9baf9 · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#b3acf8 · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#90f4f3 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 19.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ae5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ae5ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ae5ff (#8ae5ff) is rgb(138, 229, 255) in RGB.

No, #8ae5ff 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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