#8cbfec

Color #8cbfec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8cbfec

RGB

rgb(140, 191, 236)

HSL

hsl(208.1, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.1, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(75.38, -5.41, -27.62)

LCH

lch(75.38, 28.14, 258.92)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0839, 245.79)

HWB

hwb(208.1, 54.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb98c

Analogous

#8cece9

#8cbfec

#8c8fec

Triadic

#8cbfec

#ec8cbf

#bfec8c

Split-complementary

#8cbfec

#ec8c8f

#ece98c

Tetradic

#8cbfec

#b98cec

#ecb98c

#bfec8c

Square

#8cbfec

#e98cec

#ecb98c

#8fec8c

Shades

Color #8cbfec mixed toward black.

#56a1e3

#2483d7

#1b62a1

#12416b

#092136

Tints

Color #8cbfec mixed toward white.

#9fcaef

#b2d4f2

#c5dff5

#d9eaf9

#ecf4fc

Tones

Color #8cbfec mixed toward gray.

#94bee4

#9cbedc

#a4bdd4

#acbdcc

#b4bcc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5e2 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#a29ee0 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#8fdad8 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cbfec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cbfec]

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Frequently asked questions

#8cbfec (#8cbfec) is rgb(140, 191, 236) in RGB.

No, #8cbfec 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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