Recognised as Colour

#8BBEC3

#8BBEC3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light blue

#8BBEC3 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 190, 195 and HSL 185°, 32%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8BBEC3

RGBrgb(139, 190, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7451, 0.7647

RGB percentages54.5%, 74.5%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(185.4, 31.8%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 28.7%, 76.5%)

CMYK28.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,158,339

CSS custom property--colour: #8BBEC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1

Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#74413C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6BAC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACB2C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Tritanopia#78C2BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.6 Powder blue · ΔE 12.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3 Sky blue · ΔE 14.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C3908B

Analogous#8BC3AC, #8BA2C3

Triadic#C38BBE, #BEC38B

Split complementary#C38BA2, #C3AC8B

Tetradic#AC8BC3, #C3908B, #A2C38B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F7F7

Lighter +20%#CEE4E6

Lighter +10%#ADD1D4

Darker −10%#69ABB2

Darker −20%#4F9299

Darker −30%#3E7277

Darker −40%#2C5256

More saturated +25%#75D0D9

Less saturated −25%#A1ACAD

Channel breakdown

R139

G190

B195

Red139 (54.5%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue185.36°

Saturation (HSL)31.82%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G BE · B C3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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