#8ac7cd

Color #8ac7cd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ac7cd

RGB

rgb(138, 199, 205)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 40.1%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 32.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(76.47, -17.98, -9.24)

LCH

lch(76.47, 20.22, 207.2)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0629, 203.71)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 54.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd908a

Analogous

#8acdb2

#8ac7cd

#8aa6cd

Triadic

#8ac7cd

#cd8ac7

#c7cd8a

Split-complementary

#8ac7cd

#cd8aa6

#cdb28a

Tetradic

#8ac7cd

#908acd

#cd908a

#c7cd8a

Square

#8ac7cd

#b28acd

#cd908a

#a6cd8a

Shades

Color #8ac7cd mixed toward black.

#62b4bc

#4598a0

#337278

#224c50

#112628

Tints

Color #8ac7cd mixed toward white.

#9ed0d5

#b1dade

#c5e3e6

#d8ecee

#ecf6f7

Tones

Color #8ac7cd mixed toward gray.

#90c2c7

#95bec2

#9bb9bc

#a0b5b7

#a6b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9cc · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#a4a0cb · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#8ecaca · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ac7cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ac7cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ac7cd (#8ac7cd) is rgb(138, 199, 205) in RGB.

No, #8ac7cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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