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#8BC4E8

#8bc4e8 ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bc4e8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 76.86% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.09% cyan, 15.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 203.23°, with 66.91% saturation and 72.75% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.12.

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Relative luminance0.508

Complementary

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #e8af8b

Split complementary

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #e88b96
  3. #e8de8b

Analogous

  1. #8be8de
  2. #8bc4e8
  3. #8b96e8

Triadic

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #e88bc4
  3. #c4e88b

Tetradic

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #af8be8
  3. #e8af8b
  4. #c4e88b

Square

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #de8be8
  3. #e8af8b
  4. #96e88b

Monochromatic

  1. #247db6
  2. #4ba4db
  3. #8bc4e8
  4. #cbe4f5
  5. #eef6fc

Shades

#8bc4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #7db0d1
  3. #6f9dba
  4. #6189a2
  5. #53768b
  6. #466274
  7. #384e5d
  8. #2a3b46
  9. #1c272e
  10. #0e1417
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bc4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #97caea
  3. #a2d0ed
  4. #aed6ef
  5. #b9dcf1
  6. #c5e2f4
  7. #d1e7f6
  8. #dcedf8
  9. #e8f3fa
  10. #f3f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bc4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bc4e8
  2. #8abdde
  3. #89b6d3
  4. #88b0c9
  5. #87a9be
  6. #86a2b4
  7. #849baa
  8. #83949f
  9. #828e95
  10. #81878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abc0d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c3ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b8e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68cdd0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c3e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dbde8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #77cada ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bc4e8 {
  color: #8bc4e8;
}
Background
.bg-8bc4e8 {
  background-color: #8bc4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bc4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #8bc4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bc4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 196 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 67% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bc4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bc4e8, #8b96e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bc4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 196 232 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.40 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.32 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.52 #743b17 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#8bc4e8  rgb(139, 196, 232)  hsl(203, 67%, 73%)  Light Sky Blue
#e8af8b  rgb(232, 175, 139)  hsl(23, 67%, 73%)  Tumbleweed
#e88bc4  rgb(232, 139, 196)  hsl(323, 67%, 73%)  Persian Pink
#c4e88b  rgb(196, 232, 139)  hsl(83, 67%, 73%)  Inchworm