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#8AEEEA

#8aeeea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8aeeea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 93.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.68% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 177.6°, with 74.63% saturation and 73.73% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7249

Complementary

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #ee8a8e

Split complementary

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #ee8ac0
  3. #eeb88a

Analogous

  1. #8aeeb8
  2. #8aeeea
  3. #8ac0ee

Triadic

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #ea8aee
  3. #eeea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #8a8eee
  3. #ee8a8e
  4. #eeea8a

Square

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #b88aee
  3. #ee8a8e
  4. #c0ee8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1cc3bc
  2. #47e4de
  3. #8aeeea
  4. #cdf8f6
  5. #edfcfc

Shades

#8aeeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #7cd6d3
  3. #6ebebb
  4. #61a7a4
  5. #538f8c
  6. #457775
  7. #375f5e
  8. #294746
  9. #1c302f
  10. #0e1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#8aeeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #96f0ec
  3. #a1f1ee
  4. #adf3f0
  5. #b9f5f2
  6. #c5f7f5
  7. #d0f8f7
  8. #dcfaf9
  9. #e8fcfb
  10. #f3fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8aeeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8aeeea
  2. #89e3df
  3. #88d8d5
  4. #87cdca
  5. #86c2c0
  6. #85b7b5
  7. #84acaa
  8. #83a1a0
  9. #829695
  10. #818b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2e4e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2d8eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5cf3ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6e9ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9e1eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71f1eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8aeeea {
  color: #8aeeea;
}
Background
.bg-8aeeea {
  background-color: #8aeeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8aeeea {
  border: 2px solid #8aeeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8aeeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 238 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 75% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8aeeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8aeeea, #8ac0ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8aeeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 238 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.33 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.45 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.50 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.07 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.10 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.10 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.56 #751115 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#8aeeea  rgb(138, 238, 234)  hsl(178, 75%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#ee8a8e  rgb(238, 138, 142)  hsl(358, 75%, 74%)  Light Coral
#ea8aee  rgb(234, 138, 238)  hsl(298, 75%, 74%)  Violet
#eeea8a  rgb(238, 234, 138)  hsl(58, 75%, 74%)  Khaki