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#8CD5EE

#8cd5ee ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8cd5ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 83.53% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.18% cyan, 10.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 195.31°, with 74.24% saturation and 74.12% 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 12.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5934

Complementary

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #eea58c

Split complementary

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #ee8ca4
  3. #eed68c

Analogous

  1. #8ceed6
  2. #8cd5ee
  3. #8ca4ee

Triadic

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #ee8cd5
  3. #d5ee8c

Tetradic

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #a58cee
  3. #eea58c
  4. #d5ee8c

Square

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #d68cee
  3. #eea58c
  4. #a4ee8c

Monochromatic

  1. #1d99c4
  2. #49bde4
  3. #8cd5ee
  4. #cfedf8
  5. #edf9fc

Shades

#8cd5ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #7ec0d6
  3. #70aabe
  4. #6295a7
  5. #54808f
  6. #466b77
  7. #38555f
  8. #2a4047
  9. #1c2b30
  10. #0e1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#8cd5ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #98d9f0
  3. #a3ddf1
  4. #afe2f3
  5. #bae6f5
  6. #c6eaf7
  7. #d1eef8
  8. #ddf2fa
  9. #e8f7fc
  10. #f4fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8cd5ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8cd5ee
  2. #8bcde3
  3. #8ac4d8
  4. #88bccd
  5. #87b3c2
  6. #86abb7
  7. #85a2ac
  8. #849aa1
  9. #829196
  10. #81898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5cfda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6d1ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c5ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #63dddd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2d3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8ccee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76dae4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8cd5ee {
  color: #8cd5ee;
}
Background
.bg-8cd5ee {
  background-color: #8cd5ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8cd5ee {
  border: 2px solid #8cd5ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8cd5ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 213 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 74% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8cd5ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8cd5ee, #8ca4ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8cd5ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 213 238 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.18 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.88 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.22 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.93 #732a11 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#8cd5ee  rgb(140, 213, 238)  hsl(195, 74%, 74%)  Sky Blue
#eea58c  rgb(238, 165, 140)  hsl(15, 74%, 74%)  Dark Salmon
#ee8cd5  rgb(238, 140, 213)  hsl(315, 74%, 74%)  Persian Pink
#d5ee8c  rgb(213, 238, 140)  hsl(75, 74%, 74%)  June Bud