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Recognised as Colour

#8BDCCD

  • #8BDCCD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BDCCD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 220, 205 and HSL 169°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BDCCD#8BDCCD
HEX#8BDCCD
RGBrgb(139, 220, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8627, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.5%, 86.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(168.9, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK36.8%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,166,029
CSS custom property--colour: #8BDCCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.22:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#742332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6FDFD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8B9A
Analogous#8BDCA5, #8BC2DC
Triadic#CD8BDC, #DCCD8B
Split complementary#DC8BC2, #DCA58B
Tetradic#A48BDC, #DC8B9A, #C2DC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F4EF
Lighter +10%#B2E8DE
Darker −10%#64D0BC
Darker −20%#3DC4AB
Darker −30%#309E8A
Darker −40%#247768
More saturated +25%#78EFD9
Less saturated −25%#9EC9C1

Channel breakdown

R139
G220
B205
Red139 (54.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue168.89°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G DC · B CD

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