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#8AECFA

#8aecfa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8aecfa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 92.55% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.8% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 187.5°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.723

Complementary

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #fa988a

Split complementary

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #fa8ab4
  3. #fad08a

Analogous

  1. #8afad0
  2. #8aecfa
  3. #8ab4fa

Triadic

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #fa8aec
  3. #ecfa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #988afa
  3. #fa988a
  4. #ecfa8a

Square

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #d08afa
  3. #fa988a
  4. #b4fa8a

Monochromatic

  1. #0ac6e1
  2. #41e0f7
  3. #8aecfa
  4. #d3f8fd
  5. #ebfcfe

Shades

#8aecfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #7cd4e1
  3. #6ebdc8
  4. #61a5af
  5. #538e96
  6. #45767d
  7. #375e64
  8. #29474b
  9. #1c2f32
  10. #0e1819
  11. #000000

Tints

#8aecfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #96eefb
  3. #a1f0fb
  4. #adf2fc
  5. #b9f4fc
  6. #c5f6fd
  7. #d0f7fd
  8. #dcf9fe
  9. #e8fbfe
  10. #f3fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8aecfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8aecfa
  2. #89e1ee
  3. #88d6e2
  4. #87ccd5
  5. #86c1c9
  6. #85b6bd
  7. #84abb1
  8. #83a0a5
  9. #829698
  10. #818b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1e3e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde5fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbd7fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #52f4f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2e8fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5e0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6df1f4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8aecfa {
  color: #8aecfa;
}
Background
.bg-8aecfa {
  background-color: #8aecfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8aecfa {
  border: 2px solid #8aecfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8aecfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 236 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8aecfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8aecfa, #8ab4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8aecfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 236 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.75 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.11 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.55 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.72 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.22 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.53 #751305 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#8aecfa  rgb(138, 236, 250)  hsl(188, 92%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#fa988a  rgb(250, 152, 138)  hsl(8, 92%, 76%)  Vivid Tangerine
#fa8aec  rgb(250, 138, 236)  hsl(308, 92%, 76%)  Violet
#ecfa8a  rgb(236, 250, 138)  hsl(68, 92%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow