Recognised as Colour

#8BCDCE

#8BCDCE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8BCDCE is a cyan with RGB values 139, 205, 206 and HSL 181°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8BCDCE#8BCDCE

HEX#8BCDCE

RGBrgb(139, 205, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8039, 0.8078

RGB percentages54.5%, 80.4%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(180.9, 40.6%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 32.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK32.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,162,190

CSS custom property--colour: #8BCDCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.72:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#743231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5C7CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Tritanopia#72D1CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Light blue · ΔE 11.9 Sky blue · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE8C8B

Analogous#8BCEAE, #8BACCE

Triadic#CE8BCD, #CDCE8B

Split complementary#CE8BAC, #CEAE8B

Tetradic#AE8BCE, #CE8C8B, #ACCE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7FBFB

Lighter +20%#D3ECEC

Lighter +10%#AFDCDD

Darker −10%#67BEBF

Darker −20%#48A9AB

Darker −30%#398687

Darker −40%#2A6263

More saturated +25%#76E1E3

Less saturated −25%#A0B9B9

Channel breakdown

R139

G205

B206

Red139 (54.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue180.9°

Saturation (HSL)40.61%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G CD · B CE

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Colour values

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