#8ac7d8

Color #8ac7d8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ac7d8

RGB

rgb(138, 199, 216)

HSL

hsl(193.1, 50%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.1, 36.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(76.8, -15.3, -14.68)

LCH

lch(76.8, 21.2, 223.82)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0668, 217.09)

HWB

hwb(193.1, 54.1%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d89b8a

Analogous

#8ad8c2

#8ac7d8

#8aa0d8

Triadic

#8ac7d8

#d88ac7

#c7d88a

Split-complementary

#8ac7d8

#d88aa0

#d8c28a

Tetradic

#8ac7d8

#9b8ad8

#d89b8a

#c7d88a

Square

#8ac7d8

#c28ad8

#d89b8a

#a0d88a

Shades

Color #8ac7d8 mixed toward black.

#5eb2c9

#3b97b1

#2c7185

#1d4c58

#0f262c

Tints

Color #8ac7d8 mixed toward white.

#9dd0de

#b1dae5

#c4e3eb

#d8ecf2

#ebf6f8

Tones

Color #8ac7d8 mixed toward gray.

#90c3d1

#97c0cb

#9dbcc4

#a4b8be

#aab5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9d4 · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#a4a0d3 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#8ed1d0 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 16.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ac7d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ac7d8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ac7d8 (#8ac7d8) is rgb(138, 199, 216) in RGB.

No, #8ac7d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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