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Recognised as Colour

#8BE6FD

  • #8BE6FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8BE6FD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 230, 253 and HSL 192°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8BE6FD#8BE6FD
HEX#8BE6FD
RGBrgb(139, 230, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.902, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.5%, 90.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(192.1, 96.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 45.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK45.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,637
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#741902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4D3FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#54EFEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA28B
Analogous#8BFDDB, #8BADFD
Triadic#FD8BE6, #E6FD8B
Split complementary#FD8BAD, #FDDB8B
Tetradic#DB8BFD, #FDA28B, #ADFD8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFFCFF
Lighter +10%#BDF1FE
Darker −10%#59DBFC
Darker −20%#27D0FB
Darker −30%#04BCEB
Darker −40%#0394B9
More saturated +25%#89E7FF
Less saturated −25%#9ADDEE

Channel breakdown

R139
G230
B253
Red139 (54.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue192.11°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E6 · B FD

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