Colour

#8BDFEE

#8BDFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8BDFEE is a cyan with RGB values 139, 223, 238 and HSL 189°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8BDFEE

RGBrgb(139, 223, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8745, 0.9333

RGB percentages54.5%, 87.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(189.1, 74.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 41.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK41.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,166,830

CSS custom property--colour: #8BDFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#742011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1CDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5FE6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.4 Powder blue · ΔE 10.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Light blue · ΔE 11.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE9A8B

Analogous#8BEECC, #8BAEEE

Triadic#EE8BDF, #DFEE8B

Split complementary#EE8BAD, #EECC8B

Tetradic#CC8BEE, #EE9A8B, #ADEE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4F8FB

Lighter +10%#B7EBF5

Darker −10%#5FD3E7

Darker −20%#32C6E1

Darker −30%#1DAAC3

Darker −40%#168397

More saturated +25%#7AEBFF

Less saturated −25%#9CD3DD

Channel breakdown

R139

G223

B238

Red139 (54.5%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue189.09°

Saturation (HSL)74.44%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G DF · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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