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#8EBDDE

#8ebdde ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ebdde is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 74.12% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.04% cyan, 14.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 204.75°, with 54.79% saturation and 71.37% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 5.31.

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Relative luminance0.4742

Complementary

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #deaf8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #de8e95
  3. #ded78e

Analogous

  1. #8eded7
  2. #8ebdde
  3. #8e95de

Triadic

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #de8ebd
  3. #bdde8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #af8ede
  3. #deaf8e
  4. #bdde8e

Square

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #d78ede
  3. #deaf8e
  4. #95de8e

Monochromatic

  1. #3074a3
  2. #539acd
  3. #8ebdde
  4. #c9e0ef
  5. #eff6fa

Shades

#8ebdde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #80aac8
  3. #7297b2
  4. #63849b
  5. #557185
  6. #475f6f
  7. #394c59
  8. #2b3943
  9. #1c262c
  10. #0e1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ebdde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #99c4e1
  3. #a5cae5
  4. #b0d1e8
  5. #bbd7eb
  6. #c7deef
  7. #d2e5f2
  8. #ddebf5
  9. #e8f2f8
  10. #f4f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ebdde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ebdde
  2. #8db7d5
  3. #8bb1cb
  4. #8aabc2
  5. #88a5b8
  6. #879faf
  7. #8698a6
  8. #84929c
  9. #838c93
  10. #818689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8b9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbce0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4b3dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73c5c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3bcdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb7de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ec2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ebdde {
  color: #8ebdde;
}
Background
.bg-8ebdde {
  background-color: #8ebdde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ebdde {
  border: 2px solid #8ebdde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ebdde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 189 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 55% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ebdde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ebdde, #8e95de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ebdde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 189 222 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.14 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.43 #714221 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#8ebdde  rgb(142, 189, 222)  hsl(205, 55%, 71%)  Light Sky Blue
#deaf8e  rgb(222, 175, 142)  hsl(25, 55%, 71%)  Tumbleweed
#de8ebd  rgb(222, 142, 189)  hsl(325, 55%, 71%)  Persian Pink
#bdde8e  rgb(189, 222, 142)  hsl(85, 55%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple