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#8bcbe2 color: Gossamer Threads

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196°
100%

OKLCH

80.7%
0.073
222°
  • ≈ Sky blue
  • Sky blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • sky-300
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.79:1 · Below AALc -37
Black text11.74:1 · AALc 71

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About #8bcbe2

#8bcbe2 is a soft light sky blue color. In OKLCH it has 80.7% lightness, 0.073 chroma and a hue of 222°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.79:1 contrast and black text 11.74:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Gossamer Threads (#8ac8e2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is sky-300.

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Lighter: #8bcbe2 mixed with white

  1. 8bcbe2
  2. 97d0e5
  3. a3d6e8
  4. afdbeb
  5. bbe0ee
  6. c6e5f1
  7. d2eaf4
  8. ddf0f7
  9. e8f5f9
  10. f4fafc

Darker: #8bcbe2 mixed with black

  1. 8bcbe2
  2. 78b0c4
  3. 6696a8
  4. 547d8c
  5. 436571
  6. 324d57
  7. 23373e
  8. 142227
  9. 070f12
  10. 010203

Calmer: #8bcbe2 with less saturation

  1. 8bcbe2
  2. 91cadf
  3. 97c9db
  4. 9dc8d8
  5. a2c7d4
  6. a7c6d1
  7. adc5ce
  8. b2c3ca
  9. b6c2c7
  10. bbc1c3