Information about #8ABAD0 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #8ABAD0 reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Dark Sky Blue (#8CBED6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mooni Blue (#95B5D6) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).
In RGB terms — rgb(138, 186, 208) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #8ABAD0 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. No one has named #8ABAD0 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#8ABAD0 color variations
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#8ABAD0 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8ABAD0 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8ABAD0 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8ABAD0 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8ABAD0 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 #8ABAD0 color
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Nearest named colors to #8ABAD0
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8CBED6
#95B5D6
#89B1C2
#92C7C7
#99AED0
#77B7D0
#8AA7CC
#9DBCD4
#8EB2BE
#85CED1
#88A7C8
#88ACE0
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8ABAD0
- RGB138, 186, 208
- CMYK27, 9, 0, 18
- CSSrgb(138, 186, 208)
- HSL199°, 43%, 68%
- HSL Precise198.857°, 42.683%, 67.843%
- HSV199°, 34%, 82%
- HSB199°, 34%, 82%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.541
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.816
- GLSLvec3(0.541, 0.729, 0.816)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.541, 0.729, 0.816, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.541, 0.729, 0.816)
- Percentage of Red in RGB54.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB81.6%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8ABAD0
- DECIMAL ID9091792
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
