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Recognised as Colour

#8BB9BF

  • #8BB9BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8BB9BF is a cyan with RGB values 139, 185, 191 and HSL 187°, 29%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8BB9BF#8BB9BF
HEX#8BB9BF
RGBrgb(139, 185, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7255, 0.749
RGB percentages54.5%, 72.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(186.9, 28.9%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 27.2%, 74.9%)
CMYK27.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,157,055
CSS custom property--colour: #8BB9BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#744640

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B5BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AEBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7ABDBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 12.5Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Dark grey · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF918B
Analogous#8BBFAB, #8B9FBF
Triadic#BF8BB9, #B9BF8B
Split complementary#BF8B9F, #BFAB8B
Tetradic#AB8BBF, #BF918B, #9FBF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF5F5
Lighter +20%#CDE1E3
Lighter +10%#ACCDD1
Darker −10%#6AA5AD
Darker −20%#518B93
Darker −30%#3F6C72
Darker −40%#2D4D51
More saturated +25%#74CAD5
Less saturated −25%#A1A8A8

Channel breakdown

R139
G185
B191
Red139 (54.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue186.92°
Saturation (HSL)28.89%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G B9 · B BF

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