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Recognised as Colour

#8CC2DC

  • #8CC2DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8CC2DC is a cyan with RGB values 140, 194, 220 and HSL 200°, 53%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CC2DC#8CC2DC
HEX#8CC2DC
RGBrgb(140, 194, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7608, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.9%, 76.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(199.5, 53.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 36.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK36.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,224,924
CSS custom property--colour: #8CC2DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#733D23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#6FC9CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCA68C
Analogous#8CDCCE, #8C9ADC
Triadic#DC8CC2, #C2DC8C
Split complementary#DC8C9A, #DCCE8C
Tetradic#CE8CDC, #DCA68C, #9ADC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEBF4
Lighter +10%#B3D7E8
Darker −10%#65ADD0
Darker −20%#3E99C4
Darker −30%#307B9F
Darker −40%#245D78
More saturated +25%#79C9EF
Less saturated −25%#9FBBC9

Channel breakdown

R140
G194
B220
Red140 (54.9%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue199.5°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G C2 · B DC

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