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Recognised as Colour

#8BC6BD

  • #8BC6BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8BC6BD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 198, 189 and HSL 171°, 34%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8BC6BD#8BC6BD
HEX#8BC6BD
RGBrgb(139, 198, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7765, 0.7412
RGB percentages54.5%, 77.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(170.8, 34.1%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 29.8%, 77.6%)
CMYK29.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,160,381
CSS custom property--colour: #8BC6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.91:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#743942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C0BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B7BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#79C8C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 16.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Light seagreen · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C68B94
Analogous#8BC69F, #8BB2C6
Triadic#BD8BC6, #C6BD8B
Split complementary#C68BB2, #C69F8B
Tetradic#9F8BC6, #C68B94, #B2C68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F8F7
Lighter +20%#CFE8E4
Lighter +10%#ADD7D0
Darker −10%#69B5AA
Darker −20%#4D9E91
Darker −30%#3D7B72
Darker −40%#2C5952
More saturated +25%#75DCCC
Less saturated −25%#A1B0AE

Channel breakdown

R139
G198
B189
Red139 (54.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue170.85°
Saturation (HSL)34.1%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G C6 · B BD

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