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#8BCAEC

#8bcaec ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bcaec is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 79.22% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.1% cyan, 14.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 201.03°, with 71.85% saturation and 73.53% 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 11.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5379

Complementary

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #ecad8b

Split complementary

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #ec8b9a
  3. #ecdd8b

Analogous

  1. #8becdd
  2. #8bcaec
  3. #8b9aec

Triadic

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #ec8bca
  3. #caec8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #ad8bec
  3. #ecad8b
  4. #caec8b

Square

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #dd8bec
  3. #ecad8b
  4. #9aec8b

Monochromatic

  1. #1f87bf
  2. #49ace1
  3. #8bcaec
  4. #cde8f7
  5. #edf7fc

Shades

#8bcaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #7db6d4
  3. #6fa2bd
  4. #618da5
  5. #53798e
  6. #466576
  7. #38515e
  8. #2a3d47
  9. #1c282f
  10. #0e1418
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bcaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #97cfee
  3. #a2d5f0
  4. #aedaf2
  5. #b9dff4
  6. #c5e5f6
  7. #d1eaf7
  8. #dceff9
  9. #e8f4fb
  10. #f3fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bcaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bcaec
  2. #8ac3e1
  3. #89bbd6
  4. #88b4cc
  5. #87acc1
  6. #86a5b6
  7. #849eab
  8. #8396a0
  9. #828f96
  10. #81878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afc5d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bac8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbdec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65d3d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c9ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0c2ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76d0df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bcaec {
  color: #8bcaec;
}
Background
.bg-8bcaec {
  background-color: #8bcaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bcaec {
  border: 2px solid #8bcaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bcaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 202 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 72% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bcaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bcaec, #8b9aec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bcaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 202 236 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 1.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.60 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.45 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.45 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.49 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.78 #743513 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#8bcaec  rgb(139, 202, 236)  hsl(201, 72%, 74%)  Baby Blue
#ecad8b  rgb(236, 173, 139)  hsl(21, 72%, 74%)  Tumbleweed
#ec8bca  rgb(236, 139, 202)  hsl(321, 72%, 74%)  Persian Pink
#caec8b  rgb(202, 236, 139)  hsl(81, 72%, 74%)  Inchworm