Information about #8EA5DC color
Basic facts about this digital color
A confidently colored azure, #8EA5DC 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 a near neighbor of Light Cobalt Blue (#88ACE0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Light Sapphire Blue (#8BA2E7) and Magic Carpet (#8B98D8).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(142, 165, 220)), which gives #8EA5DC its character. If you plan to put text on a #8EA5DC background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#8EA5DC color variations
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#8EA5DC color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8EA5DC color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8EA5DC color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8EA5DC color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8EA5DC 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 #8EA5DC color
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Nearest named colors to #8EA5DC
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#88ACE0
#8BA2E7
#8B98D8
#92A1CF
#8AA7CC
#97A0CE
#9FA2D7
#7FA3E6
#95B5D6
#99AED0
#8B96E7
#8B9FEE
#8EA5DC color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8EA5DC
- RGB142, 165, 220
- CMYK31, 22, 0, 14
- CSSrgb(142, 165, 220)
- HSL222°, 53%, 71%
- HSL Precise222.308°, 52.703%, 70.98%
- HSV222°, 35%, 86%
- HSB222°, 35%, 86%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.647
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.863
- GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.647, 0.863)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.647, 0.863, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.647, 0.863)
- Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB64.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8EA5DC
- DECIMAL ID9348572
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
