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Recognised as Colour

#8BC3D2

  • #8BC3D2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8BC3D2 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 195, 210 and HSL 193°, 44%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8BC3D2#8BC3D2
HEX#8BC3D2
RGBrgb(139, 195, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7647, 0.8235
RGB percentages54.5%, 76.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(192.7, 44.1%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 33.8%, 82.4%)
CMYK33.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,159,634
CSS custom property--colour: #8BC3D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#743C2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BFD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB6D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#72C9C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D29A8B
Analogous#8BD2BE, #8BA0D2
Triadic#D28BC3, #C3D28B
Split complementary#D28BA0, #D2BE8B
Tetradic#BE8BD2, #D29A8B, #A0D28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FCFD
Lighter +20%#D4E9EF
Lighter +10%#B0D6E0
Darker −10%#66B0C4
Darker −20%#459BB2
Darker −30%#377B8D
Darker −40%#295B68
More saturated +25%#77CFE6
Less saturated −25%#9FB7BE

Channel breakdown

R139
G195
B210
Red139 (54.5%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue192.68°
Saturation (HSL)44.1%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G C3 · B D2

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