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Colour

#8BCECD

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

#8BCECD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 206, 205 and HSL 179°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8BCECD#8BCECD
HEX#8BCECD
RGBrgb(139, 206, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8078, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.5%, 80.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(179.1, 40.6%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 32.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK32.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,162,445
CSS custom property--colour: #8BCECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#743132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C8CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#72D2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE8B8C
Analogous#8BCEAC, #8BAECE
Triadic#CD8BCE, #CECD8B
Split complementary#CE8BAE, #CEAC8B
Tetradic#AC8BCE, #CE8B8C, #AECE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FBFB
Lighter +20%#D3ECEC
Lighter +10%#AFDDDC
Darker −10%#67BFBE
Darker −20%#48ABA9
Darker −30%#398786
Darker −40%#2A6362
More saturated +25%#76E3E1
Less saturated −25%#A0B9B9

Channel breakdown

R139
G206
B205
Red139 (54.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue179.1°
Saturation (HSL)40.61%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G CE · B CD

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