Recognised as Colour

#8BD6DB

#8BD6DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8BD6DB is a cyan with RGB values 139, 214, 219 and HSL 184°, 53%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8BD6DB

RGBrgb(139, 214, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8392, 0.8588

RGB percentages54.5%, 83.9%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(183.8, 52.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 36.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK36.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,164,507

CSS custom property--colour: #8BD6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#742924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCD0DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6BDBD7no 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 text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8 Light blue · ΔE 11.5 Sky blue · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB908B

Analogous#8BDBB8, #8BAEDB

Triadic#DB8BD6, #D6DB8B

Split complementary#DB8BAE, #DBB88B

Tetradic#B88BDB, #DB908B, #AEDB8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9F2F3

Lighter +10%#B2E4E7

Darker −10%#64C8CF

Darker −20%#3DBAC3

Darker −30%#31969C

Darker −40%#247076

More saturated +25%#78E7EE

Less saturated −25%#9EC5C8

Channel breakdown

R139

G214

B219

Red139 (54.5%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue183.75°

Saturation (HSL)52.63%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G D6 · B DB

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Colour values

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