#8ec6ed

Color #8ec6ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 4.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8ec6ed

RGB

rgb(142, 198, 237)

HSL

hsl(204.6, 72.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.6, 40.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(77.43, -8.37, -25.02)

LCH

lch(77.43, 26.38, 251.5)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0802, 239.44)

HWB

hwb(204.6, 55.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb58e

Analogous

#8eede4

#8ec6ed

#8e97ed

Triadic

#8ec6ed

#ed8ec6

#c6ed8e

Split-complementary

#8ec6ed

#ed8e97

#ede48e

Tetradic

#8ec6ed

#b58eed

#edb58e

#c6ed8e

Square

#8ec6ed

#e48eed

#edb58e

#97ed8e

Shades

Color #8ec6ed mixed toward black.

#57abe4

#238fda

#1a6ba3

#11476d

#092436

Tints

Color #8ec6ed mixed toward white.

#a1d0f0

#b4d9f3

#c6e3f6

#d9ecf9

#ecf6fc

Tones

Color #8ec6ed mixed toward gray.

#96c5e5

#9ec3dd

#a6c2d5

#aec0cd

#b6bfc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aae4 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#a6a1e2 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#91dddc · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 17.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ec6ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ec6ed]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8ec6ed (#8ec6ed) is rgb(142, 198, 237) in RGB.

No, #8ec6ed 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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