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#8AC8ED

#8ac8ed ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ac8ed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 78.43% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.77% cyan, 15.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 202.42°, with 73.33% saturation and 73.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.14.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5283

Complementary

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #edaf8a

Split complementary

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #ed8a97
  3. #ede08a

Analogous

  1. #8aede0
  2. #8ac8ed
  3. #8a97ed

Triadic

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #ed8ac8
  3. #c8ed8a

Tetradic

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #af8aed
  3. #edaf8a
  4. #c8ed8a

Square

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #e08aed
  3. #edaf8a
  4. #97ed8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1e84c0
  2. #48a9e3
  3. #8ac8ed
  4. #cce7f7
  5. #edf7fc

Shades

#8ac8ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #7cb4d5
  3. #6ea0be
  4. #618ca6
  5. #53788e
  6. #456477
  7. #37505f
  8. #293c47
  9. #1c282f
  10. #0e1418
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ac8ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #96ceef
  3. #a1d3f1
  4. #add9f2
  5. #b9def4
  6. #c5e4f6
  7. #d0e9f8
  8. #dceffa
  9. #e8f4fb
  10. #f3fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ac8ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ac8ed
  2. #89c1e2
  3. #88bad7
  4. #87b2cc
  5. #86abc1
  6. #85a4b7
  7. #849dac
  8. #8396a1
  9. #828e96
  10. #81878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adc3d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c6ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bbec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #62d2d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7c7ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ec1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74cede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ac8ed {
  color: #8ac8ed;
}
Background
.bg-8ac8ed {
  background-color: #8ac8ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ac8ed {
  border: 2px solid #8ac8ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ac8ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 200 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ac8ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ac8ed, #8a97ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ac8ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 200 237 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 2.69 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.44 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.25 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.37 #753712 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#8ac8ed  rgb(138, 200, 237)  hsl(202, 73%, 74%)  Light Sky Blue
#edaf8a  rgb(237, 175, 138)  hsl(22, 73%, 74%)  Tumbleweed
#ed8ac8  rgb(237, 138, 200)  hsl(322, 73%, 74%)  Persian Pink
#c8ed8a  rgb(200, 237, 138)  hsl(82, 73%, 74%)  Inchworm