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Recognised as Colour

#8CC4ED

  • #8CC4ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8CC4ED is a blue with RGB values 140, 196, 237 and HSL 205°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8CC4ED#8CC4ED
HEX#8CC4ED
RGBrgb(140, 196, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7686, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.9%, 76.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(205.4, 72.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 40.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK40.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,225,453
CSS custom property--colour: #8CC4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#733B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#67CED1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.9Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Light blue · ΔE 16.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.7Powder blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.89, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB58C
Analogous#8CEDE6, #8C93ED
Triadic#ED8CC4, #C4ED8C
Split complementary#ED8C93, #EDE68C
Tetradic#E68CED, #EDB58C, #94ED8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F1FB
Lighter +10%#B8DBF4
Darker −10%#60ADE6
Darker −20%#3497DF
Darker −30%#1E7DC2
Darker −40%#176096
More saturated +25%#7BC7FE
Less saturated −25%#9DC1DC

Channel breakdown

R140
G196
B237
Red140 (54.9%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue205.36°
Saturation (HSL)72.93%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G C4 · B ED

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