#8bcbd8

Color #8bcbd8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8bcbd8

RGB

rgb(139, 203, 216)

HSL

hsl(190.1, 49.7%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.1, 35.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.6%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(77.97, -17.09, -12.93)

LCH

lch(77.97, 21.43, 217.11)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0674, 211.66)

HWB

hwb(190.1, 54.5%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8988b

Analogous

#8bd8be

#8bcbd8

#8ba5d8

Triadic

#8bcbd8

#d88bcb

#cbd88b

Split-complementary

#8bcbd8

#d88ba5

#d8be8b

Tetradic

#8bcbd8

#988bd8

#d8988b

#cbd88b

Square

#8bcbd8

#be8bd8

#d8988b

#a5d88b

Shades

Color #8bcbd8 mixed toward black.

#5fb7c9

#3c9db1

#2d7685

#1e4f59

#0f272c

Tints

Color #8bcbd8 mixed toward white.

#9ed4df

#b2dce5

#c5e5ec

#d8eef2

#ecf6f9

Tones

Color #8bcbd8 mixed toward gray.

#91c7d2

#98c3cb

#9ebec5

#a5babe

#abb6b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd5 · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a2d4 · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#8fd3d2 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bcbd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bcbd8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#8bcbd8 (#8bcbd8) is rgb(139, 203, 216) in RGB.

No, #8bcbd8 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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