#8cc5ec

Color #8cc5ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 4.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8cc5ec

RGB

rgb(140, 197, 236)

HSL

hsl(204.4, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.4, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(77.02, -8.61, -25.12)

LCH

lch(77.02, 26.55, 251.08)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.081, 239)

HWB

hwb(204.4, 54.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb38c

Analogous

#8cece3

#8cc5ec

#8c95ec

Triadic

#8cc5ec

#ec8cc5

#c5ec8c

Split-complementary

#8cc5ec

#ec8c95

#ece38c

Tetradic

#8cc5ec

#b38cec

#ecb38c

#c5ec8c

Square

#8cc5ec

#e38cec

#ecb38c

#95ec8c

Shades

Color #8cc5ec mixed toward black.

#56aae3

#248ed7

#1b6ba1

#12476b

#092436

Tints

Color #8cc5ec mixed toward white.

#9fcfef

#b2d8f2

#c5e2f5

#d9ecf9

#ecf5fc

Tones

Color #8cc5ec mixed toward gray.

#94c3e4

#9cc2dc

#a4c0d4

#acbfcc

#b4bdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e3 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a0e1 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#90dcdb · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cc5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cc5ec]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#8cc5ec (#8cc5ec) is rgb(140, 197, 236) in RGB.

No, #8cc5ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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