#8bcfe9

Color #8bcfe9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 1.75 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8bcfe9

RGB

rgb(139, 207, 233)

HSL

hsl(196.6, 68.1%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.6, 40.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(79.61, -14.88, -19.58)

LCH

lch(79.61, 24.59, 232.77)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.0776, 224.01)

HWB

hwb(196.6, 54.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9a58b

Analogous

#8be9d4

#8bcfe9

#8ba0e9

Triadic

#8bcfe9

#e98bcf

#cfe98b

Split-complementary

#8bcfe9

#e98ba0

#e9d48b

Tetradic

#8bcfe9

#a58be9

#e9a58b

#cfe98b

Square

#8bcfe9

#d48be9

#e9a58b

#a0e98b

Shades

Color #8bcfe9 mixed toward black.

#57b9df

#28a2d0

#1e799c

#145168

#0a2834

Tints

Color #8bcfe9 mixed toward white.

#9ed7ed

#b2dff0

#c5e7f4

#d8eff8

#ecf7fb

Tones

Color #8bcfe9 mixed toward gray.

#93cbe1

#9bc8d9

#a2c4d1

#aac1ca

#b2bdc2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adade3 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a3e2 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#8fdedd · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bcfe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bcfe9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#8bcfe9 (#8bcfe9) is rgb(139, 207, 233) in RGB.

No, #8bcfe9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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