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Recognised as Colour

#8BDCDB

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

#8BDCDB is a cyan with RGB values 139, 220, 219 and HSL 179°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BDCDB#8BDCDB
HEX#8BDCDB
RGBrgb(139, 220, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8627, 0.8588
RGB percentages54.5%, 86.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(179.3, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK36.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,166,043
CSS custom property--colour: #8BDCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#742324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D5DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#69E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8B8C
Analogous#8BDCB2, #8BB5DC
Triadic#DB8BDC, #DCDB8B
Split complementary#DC8BB4, #DCB28B
Tetradic#B28BDC, #DC8B8C, #B4DC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F4F3
Lighter +10%#B2E8E7
Darker −10%#64D0CF
Darker −20%#3DC4C3
Darker −30%#309E9D
Darker −40%#247776
More saturated +25%#78EFED
Less saturated −25%#9EC9C9

Channel breakdown

R139
G220
B219
Red139 (54.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue179.26°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G DC · B DB

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