#8cecf5

Color #8cecf5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8cecf5

RGB

rgb(140, 236, 245)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 84%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 42.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(88.04, -26.11, -13.24)

LCH

lch(88.04, 29.28, 206.89)

OKLCH

oklch(88.7%, 0.0917, 203.38)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 54.9%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5958c

Analogous

#8cf5c9

#8cecf5

#8cb8f5

Triadic

#8cecf5

#f58cec

#ecf58c

Split-complementary

#8cecf5

#f58cb8

#f5c98c

Tetradic

#8cecf5

#958cf5

#f5958c

#ecf58c

Square

#8cecf5

#c98cf5

#f5958c

#b8f58c

Shades

Color #8cecf5 mixed toward black.

#51e2f0

#16d9eb

#0fa3b1

#0a6d76

#05363b

Tints

Color #8cecf5 mixed toward white.

#9feff7

#b2f2f8

#c6f6fa

#d9f9fc

#ecfcfd

Tones

Color #8cecf5 mixed toward gray.

#95e5ec

#9edee4

#a6d6db

#afcfd2

#b8c8c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebef3 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#b8b0f2 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#93f1f1 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cecf5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cecf5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8cecf5 (#8cecf5) is rgb(140, 236, 245) in RGB.

No, #8cecf5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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