#8bc5ff

Color #8bc5ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8bc5ff

RGB

rgb(139, 197, 255)

HSL

hsl(210, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(77.66, -3.73, -34.33)

LCH

lch(77.66, 34.53, 263.8)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.1023, 249.21)

HWB

hwb(210, 54.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffc58b

Analogous

#8bffff

#8bc5ff

#8b8bff

Triadic

#8bc5ff

#ff8bc5

#c5ff8b

Split-complementary

#8bc5ff

#ff8b8b

#ffff8b

Tetradic

#8bc5ff

#c58bff

#ffc58b

#c5ff8b

Square

#8bc5ff

#ff8bff

#ffc58b

#8bff8b

Shades

Color #8bc5ff mixed toward black.

#4aa4ff

#0883ff

#0063c5

#004283

#002142

Tints

Color #8bc5ff mixed toward white.

#9fcfff

#b2d8ff

#c5e2ff

#d8ecff

#ecf5ff

Tones

Color #8bc5ff mixed toward gray.

#95c5f5

#9fc5ec

#a8c5e2

#b2c5d8

#bbc5cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8f3 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#a49ff0 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#8fe8e6 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bc5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bc5ff]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#8bc5ff (#8bc5ff) is rgb(139, 197, 255) in RGB.

No, #8bc5ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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