#8aecff

Color #8aecff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 12.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8aecff

RGB

rgb(138, 236, 255)

HSL

hsl(189.7, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.7, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.26, -24.04, -18.16)

LCH

lch(88.26, 30.13, 217.07)

OKLCH

oklch(88.9%, 0.0959, 211.44)

HWB

hwb(189.7, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9d8a

Analogous

#8affd7

#8aecff

#8ab2ff

Triadic

#8aecff

#ff8aec

#ecff8a

Split-complementary

#8aecff

#ff8ab2

#ffd78a

Tetradic

#8aecff

#9d8aff

#ff9d8a

#ecff8a

Square

#8aecff

#d78aff

#ff9d8a

#b2ff8a

Shades

Color #8aecff mixed toward black.

#49e2ff

#07d7ff

#00a5c5

#006e83

#003742

Tints

Color #8aecff mixed toward white.

#9eefff

#b1f2ff

#c5f6ff

#d8f9ff

#ecfcff

Tones

Color #8aecff mixed toward gray.

#94e6f5

#9edfec

#a7d8e2

#b1d2d8

#bbcbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbefb · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#b7affa · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#91f7f6 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aecff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aecff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#8aecff (#8aecff) is rgb(138, 236, 255) in RGB.

No, #8aecff 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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