#8ae5e5

Color #8ae5e5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ae5e5

RGB

rgb(138, 229, 229)

HSL

hsl(180, 63.6%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 39.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(85.55, -27.12, -8.55)

LCH

lch(85.55, 28.44, 197.5)

OKLCH

oklch(86.5%, 0.0873, 195.69)

HWB

hwb(180, 54.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e58a8a

Analogous

#8ae5b8

#8ae5e5

#8ab8e5

Triadic

#8ae5e5

#e58ae5

#e5e58a

Split-complementary

#8ae5e5

#e58ab8

#e5b88a

Tetradic

#8ae5e5

#8a8ae5

#e58a8a

#e5e58a

Square

#8ae5e5

#b88ae5

#e58a8a

#b8e58a

Shades

Color #8ae5e5 mixed toward black.

#58dada

#2dc8c8

#219696

#166464

#0b3232

Tints

Color #8ae5e5 mixed toward white.

#9ee9e9

#b1eeee

#c5f2f2

#d8f6f6

#ecfbfb

Tones

Color #8ae5e5 mixed toward gray.

#92dddd

#99d6d6

#a1cece

#a8c7c7

#b0bfbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9bae5 · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#b3ace5 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#90e5e5 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ae5e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ae5e5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8ae5e5 (#8ae5e5) is rgb(138, 229, 229) in RGB.

No, #8ae5e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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