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#8BCDFD

#8bcdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bcdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.06% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 205.26°, with 96.61% saturation and 76.86% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 1.62.

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Relative luminance0.5624

Complementary

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #fdbb8b

Split complementary

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #fd8b94
  3. #fdf48b

Analogous

  1. #8bfdf4
  2. #8bcdfd
  3. #8b94fd

Triadic

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #fd8bcd
  3. #cdfd8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #bb8bfd
  3. #fdbb8b
  4. #cdfd8b

Square

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #f48bfd
  3. #fdbb8b
  4. #94fd8b

Monochromatic

  1. #048aeb
  2. #40adfc
  3. #8bcdfd
  4. #d6edfe
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#8bcdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #7db9e4
  3. #6fa4ca
  4. #6190b1
  5. #537b98
  6. #46677f
  7. #385265
  8. #2a3e4c
  9. #1c2933
  10. #0e1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bcdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #97d2fd
  3. #a2d7fd
  4. #aedcfe
  5. #b9e1fe
  6. #c5e6fe
  7. #d1ebfe
  8. #dcf0fe
  9. #e8f5ff
  10. #f3faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bcdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bcdfd
  2. #8ac5f1
  3. #89bee4
  4. #88b6d8
  5. #87aecb
  6. #86a7bf
  7. #849fb2
  8. #8397a6
  9. #828f99
  10. #81888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1c9de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ccff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9c0fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ad9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8cdfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ec6fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71d4ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bcdfd {
  color: #8bcdfd;
}
Background
.bg-8bcdfd {
  background-color: #8bcdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bcdfd {
  border: 2px solid #8bcdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bcdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bcdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bcdfd, #8b94fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bcdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 1.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.63 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.55 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.80 #743202 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#8bcdfd  rgb(139, 205, 253)  hsl(205, 97%, 77%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdbb8b  rgb(253, 187, 139)  hsl(25, 97%, 77%)  Peach Orange
#fd8bcd  rgb(253, 139, 205)  hsl(325, 97%, 77%)  Persian Pink
#cdfd8b  rgb(205, 253, 139)  hsl(85, 97%, 77%)  Inchworm