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#8AFEFF

#8afeff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8afeff is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 99.61% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.88% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180.51°, with 100% saturation and 77.06% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 2.04.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8351

Complementary

  1. #8afeff
  2. #ff8b8a

Split complementary

  1. #8afeff
  2. #ff8ac4
  3. #ffc58a

Analogous

  1. #8affc5
  2. #8afeff
  3. #8ac4ff

Triadic

  1. #8afeff
  2. #ff8afe
  3. #feff8a

Tetradic

  1. #8afeff
  2. #8b8aff
  3. #ff8b8a
  4. #feff8a

Square

  1. #8afeff
  2. #c58aff
  3. #ff8b8a
  4. #c4ff8a

Monochromatic

  1. #00eef0
  2. #3efdff
  3. #8afeff
  4. #d7ffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#8afeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8afeff
  2. #7ce5e6
  3. #6ecbcc
  4. #61b2b3
  5. #539899
  6. #457f80
  7. #376666
  8. #294c4d
  9. #1c3333
  10. #0e191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8afeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8afeff
  2. #96feff
  3. #a1feff
  4. #adfeff
  5. #b9feff
  6. #c5ffff
  7. #d0ffff
  8. #dcffff
  9. #e8ffff
  10. #f3ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8afeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8afeff
  2. #89f1f2
  3. #88e5e6
  4. #87d8d9
  5. #86cccc
  6. #85bfc0
  7. #84b2b3
  8. #83a6a6
  9. #829999
  10. #818d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccf3f4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1f4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dce5ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48fffe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0f8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1f0ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #69fffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8afeff {
  color: #8afeff;
}
Background
.bg-8afeff {
  background-color: #8afeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8afeff {
  border: 2px solid #8afeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8afeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 254 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8afeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8afeff, #8ac4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8afeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 254 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 2.04 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 4.49 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.65 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.65 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.65 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.24 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.70 #750100 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#8afeff  rgb(138, 254, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 77%)  Electric Blue
#ff8b8a  rgb(255, 139, 138)  hsl(1, 100%, 77%)  Light Coral
#ff8afe  rgb(255, 138, 254)  hsl(301, 100%, 77%)  Violet
#feff8a  rgb(254, 255, 138)  hsl(61, 100%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow