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#8ACACA

#8acaca ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8acaca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 79.22% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 37.65% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.5191

Complementary

  1. #8acaca
  2. #ca8a8a

Split complementary

  1. #8acaca
  2. #ca8aaa
  3. #caaa8a

Analogous

  1. #8acaaa
  2. #8acaca
  3. #8aaaca

Triadic

  1. #8acaca
  2. #ca8aca
  3. #caca8a

Tetradic

  1. #8acaca
  2. #8a8aca
  3. #ca8a8a
  4. #caca8a

Square

  1. #8acaca
  2. #aa8aca
  3. #ca8a8a
  4. #aaca8a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a8181
  2. #55b2b2
  3. #8acaca
  4. #bfe2e2
  5. #f1f9f9

Shades

#8acaca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8acaca
  2. #7cb6b6
  3. #6ea2a2
  4. #618d8d
  5. #537979
  6. #456565
  7. #375151
  8. #293d3d
  9. #1c2828
  10. #0e1414
  11. #000000

Tints

#8acaca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8acaca
  2. #96cfcf
  3. #a1d5d5
  4. #addada
  5. #b9dfdf
  6. #c5e5e5
  7. #d0eaea
  8. #dcefef
  9. #e8f4f4
  10. #f3fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8acaca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8acaca
  2. #89c3c3
  3. #88bbbb
  4. #87b4b4
  5. #86acac
  6. #85a5a5
  7. #849e9e
  8. #839696
  9. #828f8f
  10. #818787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acc3c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c4ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6bbcb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72ceca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aec6ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6c1ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cccca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8acaca {
  color: #8acaca;
}
Background
.bg-8acaca {
  background-color: #8acaca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8acaca {
  border: 2px solid #8acaca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8acaca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 202 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 38% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8acaca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8acaca, #8aaaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8acaca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 202 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.57 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.71 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.28 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.56 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.74 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.90 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.06 #753535 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#8acaca  rgb(138, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 38%, 67%)  Powder Blue
#ca8a8a  rgb(202, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 38%, 67%)  Old Rose
#ca8aca  rgb(202, 138, 202)  hsl(300, 38%, 67%)  Plum
#caca8a  rgb(202, 202, 138)  hsl(60, 38%, 67%)  Dark Khaki