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Colour

#8CACBB

  • #8CACBB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8CACBB is a cyan with RGB values 140, 172, 187 and HSL 199°, 26%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8CACBB#8CACBB
HEX#8CACBB
RGBrgb(140, 172, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6745, 0.7333
RGB percentages54.9%, 67.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(199.1, 25.7%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 25.1%, 73.3%)
CMYK25.1%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,219,259
CSS custom property--colour: #8CACBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#735344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4AABCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA5BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7EB0B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Dark grey · ΔE 13.5Light slate grey · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15.7Silver · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB9B8C
Analogous#8CBBB3, #8C94BB
Triadic#BB8CAC, #ACBB8C
Split complementary#BB8C94, #BBB38C
Tetradic#B28CBB, #BB9B8C, #94BB8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF1F4
Lighter +20%#CCDAE1
Lighter +10%#ACC3CE
Darker −10%#6C95A8
Darker −20%#547B8D
Darker −30%#415F6D
Darker −40%#2E434D
More saturated +25%#75B4D2
Less saturated −25%#A3A4A4

Channel breakdown

R140
G172
B187
Red140 (54.9%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue199.15°
Saturation (HSL)25.68%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AC · B BB

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