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#8BD3EB

#8bd3eb ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bd3eb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 82.75% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.85% cyan, 10.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 70.59% saturation and 73.33% 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 12.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 2.12.

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Relative luminance0.5808

Complementary

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #eba38b

Split complementary

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #eb8ba3
  3. #ebd38b

Analogous

  1. #8bebd3
  2. #8bd3eb
  3. #8ba3eb

Triadic

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #eb8bd3
  3. #d3eb8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #a38beb
  3. #eba38b
  4. #d3eb8b

Square

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #d38beb
  3. #eba38b
  4. #a3eb8b

Monochromatic

  1. #2095bc
  2. #4abae0
  3. #8bd3eb
  4. #ccecf6
  5. #eef8fc

Shades

#8bd3eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #7dbed4
  3. #6fa9bc
  4. #6194a5
  5. #537f8d
  6. #466a76
  7. #38545e
  8. #2a3f47
  9. #1c2a2f
  10. #0e1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bd3eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #97d7ed
  3. #a2dcef
  4. #aee0f1
  5. #b9e5f3
  6. #c5e9f5
  7. #d1edf7
  8. #dcf2f9
  9. #e8f6fb
  10. #f3fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bd3eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bd3eb
  2. #8acbe0
  3. #89c2d6
  4. #88bacb
  5. #87b2c0
  6. #86aab6
  7. #84a1ab
  8. #8399a0
  9. #829195
  10. #81888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3cdd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c4eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #63dbda ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0d1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6caeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #75d8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bd3eb {
  color: #8bd3eb;
}
Background
.bg-8bd3eb {
  background-color: #8bd3eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bd3eb {
  border: 2px solid #8bd3eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bd3eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 211 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bd3eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bd3eb, #8ba3eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bd3eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 211 235 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.27 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.98 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.43 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.40 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.42 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.03 #742c14 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#8bd3eb  rgb(139, 211, 235)  hsl(195, 71%, 73%)  Sky Blue
#eba38b  rgb(235, 163, 139)  hsl(15, 71%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#eb8bd3  rgb(235, 139, 211)  hsl(315, 71%, 73%)  Persian Pink
#d3eb8b  rgb(211, 235, 139)  hsl(75, 71%, 73%)  June Bud