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Recognised as Colour

#8BC9D9

  • #8BC9D9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8BC9D9 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 201, 217 and HSL 192°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8BC9D9#8BC9D9
HEX#8BC9D9
RGBrgb(139, 201, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7882, 0.851
RGB percentages54.5%, 78.8%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(192.3, 50.6%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 35.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK35.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,161,177
CSS custom property--colour: #8BC9D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.45:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#743626

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC5DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BBD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6ECFCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99B8B
Analogous#8BD9C2, #8BA2D9
Triadic#D98BC9, #C9D98B
Split complementary#D98BA2, #D9C28B
Tetradic#C28BD9, #D99B8B, #A2D98B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8EDF2
Lighter +10%#B1DBE6
Darker −10%#65B7CC
Darker −20%#3FA5BF
Darker −30%#328499
Darker −40%#266372
More saturated +25%#78D4EC
Less saturated −25%#9EBEC6

Channel breakdown

R139
G201
B217
Red139 (54.5%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue192.31°
Saturation (HSL)50.65%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G C9 · B D9

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