#8ce3ff

Color #8ce3ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ce3ff

RGB

rgb(140, 227, 255)

HSL

hsl(194.6, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.6, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 11%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(85.87, -19.12, -21.76)

LCH

lch(85.87, 28.97, 228.69)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.0923, 220.61)

HWB

hwb(194.6, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa88c

Analogous

#8cffe2

#8ce3ff

#8caaff

Triadic

#8ce3ff

#ff8ce3

#e3ff8c

Split-complementary

#8ce3ff

#ff8caa

#ffe28c

Tetradic

#8ce3ff

#a88cff

#ffa88c

#e3ff8c

Square

#8ce3ff

#e28cff

#ffa88c

#aaff8c

Shades

Color #8ce3ff mixed toward black.

#4ad3ff

#09c3ff

#0096c6

#006484

#003242

Tints

Color #8ce3ff mixed toward white.

#9fe8ff

#b3ecff

#c6f1ff

#d9f6ff

#ecfaff

Tones

Color #8ce3ff mixed toward gray.

#96def5

#9fd9ec

#a9d4e2

#b3cfd9

#bccbcf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b9f9 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#b3acf7 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#92f3f2 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 19.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ce3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ce3ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ce3ff (#8ce3ff) is rgb(140, 227, 255) in RGB.

No, #8ce3ff 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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