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Recognised as Colour

#8CB5C9

  • #8CB5C9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8CB5C9 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 181, 201 and HSL 200°, 36%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8CB5C9#8CB5C9
HEX#8CB5C9
RGBrgb(140, 181, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7098, 0.7882
RGB percentages54.9%, 71%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(199.7, 36.1%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 30.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK30.3%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,221,577
CSS custom property--colour: #8CB5C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.57:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#734A36

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB3CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2ACC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#78BBBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 12.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.5Powder blue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9A08C
Analogous#8CC9BF, #8C96C9
Triadic#C98CB5, #B5C98C
Split complementary#C98C96, #C9BF8C
Tetradic#BF8CC9, #C9A08C, #97C98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8FA
Lighter +20%#D1E2EA
Lighter +10%#AFCBD9
Darker −10%#699FB9
Darker −20%#4C86A3
Darker −30%#3C6A80
Darker −40%#2C4D5D
More saturated +25%#77BCDE
Less saturated −25%#A1AEB4

Channel breakdown

R140
G181
B201
Red140 (54.9%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue199.67°
Saturation (HSL)36.09%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G B5 · B C9

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