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Recognised as Colour

#8BD5DB

  • #8BD5DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8BD5DB is a cyan with RGB values 139, 213, 219 and HSL 184°, 53%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8BD5DB#8BD5DB
HEX#8BD5DB
RGBrgb(139, 213, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8353, 0.8588
RGB percentages54.5%, 83.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(184.5, 52.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 36.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK36.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,164,251
CSS custom property--colour: #8BD5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#742A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCFDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC4DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6BDAD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB918B
Analogous#8BDBB9, #8BADDB
Triadic#DB8BD5, #D5DB8B
Split complementary#DB8BAD, #DBB98B
Tetradic#B98BDB, #DB918B, #ADDB8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F1F3
Lighter +10%#B2E3E7
Darker −10%#64C7CF
Darker −20%#3DB9C3
Darker −30%#31949C
Darker −40%#246F76
More saturated +25%#78E5EE
Less saturated −25%#9EC5C8

Channel breakdown

R139
G213
B219
Red139 (54.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue184.5°
Saturation (HSL)52.63%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G D5 · B DB

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