Information about #8CB8CA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#8CB8CA is a moderately toned sky-leaning azure that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Sky Blue (#8CBED6) and Moby (#8EB2BE).
The recipe behind #8CB8CA is rgb(140, 184, 202), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #8CB8CA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. No one has named #8CB8CA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#8CB8CA color variations
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#8CB8CA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8CB8CA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8CB8CA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8CB8CA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8CB8CA 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #8CB8CA color
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Nearest named colors to #8CB8CA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#89B1C2
#8CBED6
#8EB2BE
#95B5D6
#92C7C7
#8AA7CC
#99AED0
#88A7C8
#9DB6C6
#9EC0CA
#9DBCD4
#9FBFC2
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8CB8CA
- RGB140, 184, 202
- CMYK24, 7, 0, 21
- CSSrgb(140, 184, 202)
- HSL197°, 37%, 67%
- HSL Precise197.419°, 36.905%, 67.059%
- HSV197°, 31%, 79%
- HSB197°, 31%, 79%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.792
- GLSLvec3(0.549, 0.722, 0.792)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.549, 0.722, 0.792, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.549, 0.722, 0.792)
- Percentage of Red in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB79.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8CB8CA
- DECIMAL ID9222346
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
