Information about #8CCDFE color

#8CCDFE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8CCDFE falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(140, 205, 254) — 54.9% red, 80.4% green, 99.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 45 / 19 / 0 / 0. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#8CCDFE is a maximally vivid steel-blue azure that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Sky Blue (#87CEFA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Cyan (#87D3F8) and Day Sky Blue (#82CAFF).

The recipe behind #8CCDFE is rgb(140, 205, 254), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #8CCDFE: 12.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #8CCDFE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#8CCDFE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#8CCDFE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #8CCDFE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8CCDFE
  • RGB140, 205, 254
  • CMYK45, 19, 0, 0
  • CSSrgb(140, 205, 254)
  • HSL206°, 98%, 77%
  • HSL Precise205.789°, 98.276%, 77.255%
  • HSV206°, 45%, 100%
  • HSB206°, 45%, 100%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.996
  • GLSLvec3(0.549, 0.804, 0.996)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.549, 0.804, 0.996, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.549, 0.804, 0.996)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB99.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID8CCDFE
  • DECIMAL ID9227774
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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