#8cb9ce

Color #8cb9ce

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.07 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb9ce

RGB

rgb(140, 185, 206)

HSL

hsl(199.1, 40.2%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.1, 32%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(72.71, -9.88, -15.4)

LCH

lch(72.71, 18.3, 237.32)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0565, 228.3)

HWB

hwb(199.1, 54.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cea18c

Analogous

#8ccec2

#8cb9ce

#8c98ce

Triadic

#8cb9ce

#ce8cb9

#b9ce8c

Split-complementary

#8cb9ce

#ce8c98

#cec28c

Tetradic

#8cb9ce

#a18cce

#cea18c

#b9ce8c

Square

#8cb9ce

#c28cce

#cea18c

#98ce8c

Shades

Color #8cb9ce mixed toward black.

#63a0bd

#4584a2

#346379

#224251

#112128

Tints

Color #8cb9ce mixed toward white.

#9fc5d6

#b2d0de

#c5dce6

#d9e8ef

#ecf3f7

Tones

Color #8cb9ce mixed toward gray.

#91b7c8

#97b5c3

#9cb3bd

#a2b1b8

#a7afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a2c9 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#9f9bc8 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#8fc5c4 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb9ce]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8cb9ce (#8cb9ce) is rgb(140, 185, 206) in RGB.

No, #8cb9ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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