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#8bc9ff

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
139, 201, 255
HSL
208°, 100%, 77%
CMYK
46, 21, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5448

Every format

HEX#8bc9ff
RGBrgb(139, 201, 255)
HSLhsl(208, 100%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(46%, 21%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(78.7 -5.9 -32.7)
LCHlch(78.7 33.2 259.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.814 0.100 245.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #8bc9ff;
background-color: #8bc9ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8bc9ff] bg-[#8bc9ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8bc9ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.545, green: 0.788, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#8bc9ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#8bc9ff on white: 1.77:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8bc9ff on black: 11.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red54.5%
Green78.8%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan45.5%
Magenta21.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#8bc9ff text on a black background

contrast 11.90:1

Card sample

#8bc9ff text on a white background

contrast 1.77:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8bc9ff;
Background color
Panel with #8bc9ff background
background-color: #8bc9ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8bc9ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(139, 201, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(139, 201, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8bc9ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bc9ff, #9A8BFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8bc9ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #8bc9ff in the Color Lab