#8ac1de

Color #8ac1de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ac1de

RGB

rgb(138, 193, 222)

HSL

hsl(200.7, 56%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.7, 37.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(75.34, -10.65, -20.14)

LCH

lch(75.34, 22.78, 242.13)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0705, 231.8)

HWB

hwb(200.7, 54.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dea78a

Analogous

#8aded1

#8ac1de

#8a97de

Triadic

#8ac1de

#de8ac1

#c1de8a

Split-complementary

#8ac1de

#de8a97

#ded18a

Tetradic

#8ac1de

#a78ade

#dea78a

#c1de8a

Square

#8ac1de

#d18ade

#dea78a

#97de8a

Shades

Color #8ac1de mixed toward black.

#5ba8d1

#358dbb

#286a8c

#1a465e

#0d232f

Tints

Color #8ac1de mixed toward white.

#9ecbe4

#b1d6e9

#c5e0ef

#d8eaf4

#ecf5fa

Tones

Color #8ac1de mixed toward gray.

#91bfd7

#98bdd0

#9fbbc9

#a6b8c2

#adb6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d7 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#a19dd6 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#8dd2d1 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ac1de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ac1de]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8ac1de (#8ac1de) is rgb(138, 193, 222) in RGB.

No, #8ac1de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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