#8ed9ff

Color #8ed9ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 5.22 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ed9ff

RGB

rgb(142, 217, 255)

HSL

hsl(200.2, 100%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.2, 44.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(83.23, -13.56, -25.77)

LCH

lch(83.23, 29.12, 242.25)

OKLCH

oklch(85%, 0.0913, 231.31)

HWB

hwb(200.2, 55.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffb48e

Analogous

#8effed

#8ed9ff

#8ea0ff

Triadic

#8ed9ff

#ff8ed9

#d9ff8e

Split-complementary

#8ed9ff

#ff8ea0

#ffed8e

Tetradic

#8ed9ff

#b48eff

#ffb48e

#d9ff8e

Square

#8ed9ff

#ed8eff

#ffb48e

#a0ff8e

Shades

Color #8ed9ff mixed toward black.

#4cc3ff

#0aacff

#0084c6

#005884

#002c42

Tints

Color #8ed9ff mixed toward white.

#a1dfff

#b4e6ff

#c6ecff

#d9f2ff

#ecf9ff

Tones

Color #8ed9ff mixed toward gray.

#97d6f6

#a1d3ec

#aad0e3

#b4cdd9

#bdc9d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4f7 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#afa9f4 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#93f0ee · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8ed9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ed9ff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8ed9ff (#8ed9ff) is rgb(142, 217, 255) in RGB.

No, #8ed9ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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