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Colour

#8BE6FF

  • #8BE6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8BE6FF is a cyan with RGB values 139, 230, 255 and HSL 193°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8BE6FF#8BE6FF
HEX#8BE6FF
RGBrgb(139, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(192.9, 100%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 45.5%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,639
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#741900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#52EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFA48B
Analogous#8BFFDE, #8BACFF
Triadic#FF8BE6, #E6FF8B
Split complementary#FF8BAC, #FFDE8B
Tetradic#DE8BFF, #FFA48B, #ACFF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FCFF
Lighter +10%#BEF1FF
Darker −10%#58DBFF
Darker −20%#25D0FF
Darker −30%#00BDF1
Darker −40%#0095BE
More saturated +25%#8BE6FF
Less saturated −25%#9ADEF1

Channel breakdown

R139
G230
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue192.93°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E6 · B FF

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