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Recognised as Colour

#8BCBCF

  • #8BCBCF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8BCBCF is a cyan with RGB values 139, 203, 207 and HSL 184°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8BCBCF#8BCBCF
HEX#8BCBCF
RGBrgb(139, 203, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7961, 0.8118
RGB percentages54.5%, 79.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(183.5, 41.5%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 32.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK32.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,161,679
CSS custom property--colour: #8BCBCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52706WCAG 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 11.54:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#743430

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BCCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72D0CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 10.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF8F8B
Analogous#8BCFB1, #8BA9CF
Triadic#CF8BCB, #CBCF8B
Split complementary#CF8BA9, #CFB18B
Tetradic#B18BCF, #CF8F8B, #A9CF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFC
Lighter +20%#D3EBED
Lighter +10%#AFDBDE
Darker −10%#67BBC0
Darker −20%#47A7AD
Darker −30%#388489
Darker −40%#2A6164
More saturated +25%#77DDE3
Less saturated −25%#A0B9BB

Channel breakdown

R139
G203
B207
Red139 (54.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue183.53°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G CB · B CF

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