#8aecfa

Color #8aecfa

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#8aecfa

RGB

rgb(138, 236, 250)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(88.11, -25.32, -15.77)

LCH

lch(88.11, 29.83, 211.92)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0943, 207.41)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fa988a

Analogous

#8afad0

#8aecfa

#8ab4fa

Triadic

#8aecfa

#fa8aec

#ecfa8a

Split-complementary

#8aecfa

#fa8ab4

#fad08a

Tetradic

#8aecfa

#988afa

#fa988a

#ecfa8a

Square

#8aecfa

#d08afa

#fa988a

#b4fa8a

Shades

Color #8aecfa mixed toward black.

#4ce2f7

#0ed8f5

#08a4ba

#056d7c

#03373e

Tints

Color #8aecfa mixed toward white.

#9eeffb

#b1f2fc

#c5f6fd

#d8f9fd

#ecfcfe

Tones

Color #8aecfa mixed toward gray.

#93e5f1

#9ddee7

#a6d7de

#afd0d5

#b9c9cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbef7 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#b7aff6 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#91f4f3 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aecfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aecfa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8aecfa (#8aecfa) is rgb(138, 236, 250) in RGB.

No, #8aecfa 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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