#8AD3FF
A light, vivid blue closely aligning with Lightskyblue.
About #8AD3FF
At its core, #8AD3FF is a light and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Lightskyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 211 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 46% cyan and 17% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#8AD3FF
RGB138, 211, 255
HSL202.6°, 100.0%, 77.1%
CMYK46%, 17%, 0%, 0%
HSV202.6°, 45.9%, 100.0%
LAB81.4, -11.4, -28.6
XYZ51.8, 59.2, 103.3
Decimal9098239
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
1.64:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
12.84:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.56:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
10.92:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #8AD3FF;
}
.text-color {
color: #8AD3FF;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #8AD3FF;
}