#8cdcea

Color #8cdcea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8cdcea

RGB

rgb(140, 220, 234)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 69.1%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 40.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(83.28, -20.97, -14.57)

LCH

lch(83.28, 25.53, 214.79)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0806, 209.74)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 54.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea9a8c

Analogous

#8ceac9

#8cdcea

#8cadea

Triadic

#8cdcea

#ea8cdc

#dcea8c

Split-complementary

#8cdcea

#ea8cad

#eac98c

Tetradic

#8cdcea

#9a8cea

#ea9a8c

#dcea8c

Square

#8cdcea

#c98cea

#ea9a8c

#adea8c

Shades

Color #8cdcea mixed toward black.

#57cce0

#27b9d3

#1d8b9e

#135d69

#0a2e35

Tints

Color #8cdcea mixed toward white.

#9fe2ed

#b2e8f1

#c5eef4

#d9f3f8

#ecf9fb

Tones

Color #8cdcea mixed toward gray.

#94d6e2

#9cd1da

#a3cbd2

#abc6cb

#b3c0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b5e7 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#b0a9e6 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#91e4e3 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cdcea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cdcea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#8cdcea (#8cdcea) is rgb(140, 220, 234) in RGB.

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

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