#8aedff

Color #8aedff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 12.44 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8aedff

RGB

rgb(138, 237, 255)

HSL

hsl(189.2, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.2, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.54, -24.53, -17.74)

LCH

lch(88.54, 30.27, 215.87)

OKLCH

oklch(89.2%, 0.0962, 210.53)

HWB

hwb(189.2, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9c8a

Analogous

#8affd7

#8aedff

#8ab3ff

Triadic

#8aedff

#ff8aed

#edff8a

Split-complementary

#8aedff

#ff8ab3

#ffd78a

Tetradic

#8aedff

#9c8aff

#ff9c8a

#edff8a

Square

#8aedff

#d78aff

#ff9c8a

#b3ff8a

Shades

Color #8aedff mixed toward black.

#49e3ff

#07d9ff

#00a6c5

#006f83

#003742

Tints

Color #8aedff mixed toward white.

#9ef0ff

#b1f3ff

#c5f6ff

#d8f9ff

#ecfcff

Tones

Color #8aedff mixed toward gray.

#94e6f5

#9ee0ec

#a7d9e2

#b1d2d8

#bbcbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbefb · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#b8b0fa · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#91f7f7 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aedff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aedff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#8aedff (#8aedff) is rgb(138, 237, 255) in RGB.

No, #8aedff 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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