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#8BBAE5

#8bbae5 ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bbae5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 72.94% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.3% cyan, 18.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 208.67°, with 63.38% saturation and 72.16% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.4626

Complementary

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #e5b68b

Split complementary

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #e58b8d
  3. #e5e38b

Analogous

  1. #8be5e3
  2. #8bbae5
  3. #8b8de5

Triadic

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #e58bba
  3. #bae58b

Tetradic

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #b68be5
  3. #e5b68b
  4. #bae58b

Square

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #e38be5
  3. #e5b68b
  4. #8de58b

Monochromatic

  1. #276fb0
  2. #4d95d7
  3. #8bbae5
  4. #cadff3
  5. #eef5fb

Shades

#8bbae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #7da7ce
  3. #6f95b7
  4. #6182a0
  5. #537089
  6. #465d73
  7. #384a5c
  8. #2a3845
  9. #1c252e
  10. #0e1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bbae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #97c1e8
  3. #a2c8ea
  4. #aecfed
  5. #b9d6ef
  6. #c5ddf2
  7. #d1e3f5
  8. #dceaf7
  9. #e8f1fa
  10. #f3f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bbae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bbae5
  2. #8ab4db
  3. #89aed1
  4. #88a9c7
  5. #87a3bd
  6. #869db3
  7. #8497a8
  8. #83919e
  9. #828c94
  10. #81868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6b7ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9bae7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db1e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6bc4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ebae6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96b5e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79c0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bbae5 {
  color: #8bbae5;
}
Background
.bg-8bbae5 {
  background-color: #8bbae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bbae5 {
  border: 2px solid #8bbae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bbae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 186 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 63% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bbae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bbae5, #8b8de5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bbae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 186 229 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.26 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.82 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.56 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.66 #74451a Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#8bbae5  rgb(139, 186, 229)  hsl(209, 63%, 72%)  Maya Blue
#e5b68b  rgb(229, 182, 139)  hsl(29, 63%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#e58bba  rgb(229, 139, 186)  hsl(329, 63%, 72%)  Persian Pink
#bae58b  rgb(186, 229, 139)  hsl(89, 63%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple