#8dc5dc

Color #8dc5dc

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.41 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8dc5dc

RGB

rgb(141, 197, 220)

HSL

hsl(197.5, 53%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.5, 35.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(76.53, -12.46, -17.23)

LCH

lch(76.53, 21.26, 234.13)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0664, 225.43)

HWB

hwb(197.5, 55.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dca48d

Analogous

#8ddccc

#8dc5dc

#8d9edc

Triadic

#8dc5dc

#dc8dc5

#c5dc8d

Split-complementary

#8dc5dc

#dc8d9e

#dccc8d

Tetradic

#8dc5dc

#a48ddc

#dca48d

#c5dc8d

Square

#8dc5dc

#cc8ddc

#dca48d

#9edc8d

Shades

Color #8dc5dc mixed toward black.

#5faece

#3993b8

#2a6e8a

#1c495c

#0e252e

Tints

Color #8dc5dc mixed toward white.

#a0cfe2

#b3d8e8

#c6e2ee

#d9ecf3

#ecf5f9

Tones

Color #8dc5dc mixed toward gray.

#94c2d5

#9ac0cf

#a1bdc8

#a7bac2

#aeb7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9d7 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a0d5 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#90d2d1 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8dc5dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8dc5dc]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8dc5dc (#8dc5dc) is rgb(141, 197, 220) in RGB.

No, #8dc5dc 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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