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Recognised as Colour

#8CAFBF

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

#8CAFBF is a cyan with RGB values 140, 175, 191 and HSL 199°, 28%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8CAFBF#8CAFBF
HEX#8CAFBF
RGBrgb(140, 175, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6863, 0.749
RGB percentages54.9%, 68.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(198.8, 28.5%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 26.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK26.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,220,031
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAFBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#735040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7ADC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA7BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7CB4B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF9C8C
Analogous#8CBFB6, #8C95BF
Triadic#BF8CAF, #AFBF8C
Split complementary#BF8C95, #BFB68C
Tetradic#B68CBF, #BF9C8C, #95BF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF3F6
Lighter +20%#CEDDE3
Lighter +10%#ADC6D1
Darker −10%#6B98AD
Darker −20%#527F93
Darker −30%#406272
Darker −40%#2D4652
More saturated +25%#76B7D5
Less saturated −25%#A2A7A9

Channel breakdown

R140
G175
B191
Red140 (54.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue198.82°
Saturation (HSL)28.49%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AF · B BF

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