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#8BBFE5

#8bbfe5 ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bbfe5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 74.9% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.3% cyan, 16.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 205.33°, 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.4841

Complementary

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #e5b18b

Split complementary

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #e58b92
  3. #e5de8b

Analogous

  1. #8be5de
  2. #8bbfe5
  3. #8b92e5

Triadic

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #e58bbf
  3. #bfe58b

Tetradic

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #b18be5
  3. #e5b18b
  4. #bfe58b

Square

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #de8be5
  3. #e5b18b
  4. #92e58b

Monochromatic

  1. #2776b0
  2. #4d9dd7
  3. #8bbfe5
  4. #cae1f3
  5. #eef6fb

Shades

#8bbfe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #7dacce
  3. #6f99b7
  4. #6186a0
  5. #537389
  6. #466073
  7. #384c5c
  8. #2a3945
  9. #1c262e
  10. #0e1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bbfe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #97c5e8
  3. #a2ccea
  4. #aed2ed
  5. #b9d9ef
  6. #c5dff2
  7. #d1e5f5
  8. #dcecf7
  9. #e8f2fa
  10. #f3f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bbfe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bbfe5
  2. #8ab9db
  3. #89b2d1
  4. #88acc7
  5. #87a6bd
  6. #86a0b3
  7. #8499a8
  8. #83939e
  9. #828d94
  10. #81868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8bbcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbee7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b5e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ac8cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2bfe6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab9e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79c5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bbfe5 {
  color: #8bbfe5;
}
Background
.bg-8bbfe5 {
  background-color: #8bbfe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bbfe5 {
  border: 2px solid #8bbfe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bbfe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 191 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 63% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bbfe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bbfe5, #8b92e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bbfe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 191 229 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.39 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.48 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.93 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.00 #74401a Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#8bbfe5  rgb(139, 191, 229)  hsl(205, 63%, 72%)  Maya Blue
#e5b18b  rgb(229, 177, 139)  hsl(25, 63%, 72%)  Tumbleweed
#e58bbf  rgb(229, 139, 191)  hsl(325, 63%, 72%)  Persian Pink
#bfe58b  rgb(191, 229, 139)  hsl(85, 63%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple