HEX Color #8AC5BD (Powderblue)

About #8AC5BD

When working with digital screens, the color #8AC5BD is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Powderblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 138 red, 197 green, and 189 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow, and 23% black. The HSL representation is 171.9° hue, 33.7% saturation, and 65.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AC5BD

RGB138, 197, 189

HSL171.9°, 33.7%, 65.7%

CMYK30%, 0%, 4%, 23%

HSV171.9°, 29.9%, 77.3%

LAB75.5, -20.7, -2.1

XYZ39.6, 49.0, 55.5

Decimal9094589

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AC5BD #C58991

Analogous

#89C59F #89AFC5

Triadic

#BD89C5 #C5BD89

Tetradic

#9F89C5 #C58991 #AFC589

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AC5BD

#97CBC4

#A4D1CB

#B1D8D3

#BEDEDA

#CBE5E1

#D8EBE9

#E5F2F0

#F2F8F7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AC5BD

#7AAFA8

#6B9993

#5C837E

#4C6D69

#3D5754

#2E413F

#1E2B2A

#0F1515

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.94:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.80:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.86:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.18:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AC5BD; }

.text-color { color: #8AC5BD; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AC5BD; }

Similar Colors

Powderblue

#B0E0E6