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Recognised as Colour

#8CB9CD

  • #8CB9CD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8CB9CD is a cyan with RGB values 140, 185, 205 and HSL 198°, 39%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CB9CD#8CB9CD
HEX#8CB9CD
RGBrgb(140, 185, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7255, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.9%, 72.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(198.5, 39.4%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 31.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK31.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,222,605
CSS custom property--colour: #8CB9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#734632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB7CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AFCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#77BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA08C
Analogous#8CCDC1, #8C99CD
Triadic#CD8CB9, #B9CD8C
Split complementary#CD8C99, #CDC18C
Tetradic#C18CCD, #CDA08C, #99CD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FAFB
Lighter +20%#D3E4EC
Lighter +10%#B0CFDC
Darker −10%#68A3BE
Darker −20%#4A8CA9
Darker −30%#3A6F86
Darker −40%#2B5162
More saturated +25%#77C1E2
Less saturated −25%#A1B1B8

Channel breakdown

R140
G185
B205
Red140 (54.9%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)39.39%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G B9 · B CD

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