#8EC5FC · near Baby Blue

#8EC5FC (RGB 142, 197, 252) is a light, moderately saturated blue, closest to Baby Blue and near Sky Blue and Periwinkle. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #8EC5FC a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 4 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 81% lightness and 0.10 chroma at hue 249°.

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HEX#8EC5FC

RGBrgb(142, 197, 252)

HSLhsl(210, 95%, 77%)

CMYK44, 22, 0, 1

CSS var--baby-blue

Contrast1.82:1 white · 11.54:1 black

Similar named colors

Baby Blue #89CFF0Sky Blue #87CEEBPeriwinkle #CCCCFFLavender Gray #C4C3D0Heather #B7A9C9

How to use #8EC5FC

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8EC5FC (11.54:1); white text does not (1.82:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8EC5FC with its analogous neighbors #8DFCFC and #8D8DFC; for contrast use its complement #FCC48D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--baby-blue: #8EC5FC;

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Shades & tints

#1C2732#394F65#557697#729ECA#8EC5FC#A5D1FD#BBDCFD#D2E8FE#E8F3FE

Color harmonies for #8EC5FC

Complementary

#8EC5FC#FCC48D

Analogous

#8EC5FC#8DFCFC#8D8DFC

Triadic

#8EC5FC#FC8DC4#C4FC8D

Split complementary

#8EC5FC#FC8D8D#FCFC8D

Tetradic

#8EC5FC#FC8DFC#FCC48D#8DFC8D