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Recognised as Colour

#8CC6CD

  • #8CC6CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8CC6CD is a cyan with RGB values 140, 198, 205 and HSL 186°, 39%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8CC6CD#8CC6CD
HEX#8CC6CD
RGBrgb(140, 198, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7765, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.9%, 77.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(186.5, 39.4%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 31.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK31.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,225,933
CSS custom property--colour: #8CC6CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#733932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC1CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B8CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#75CBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 12.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD938C
Analogous#8CCDB4, #8CA6CD
Triadic#CD8CC6, #C6CD8C
Split complementary#CD8CA6, #CDB38C
Tetradic#B38CCD, #CD938C, #A6CD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FBFB
Lighter +20%#D3E9EC
Lighter +10%#B0D8DC
Darker −10%#68B4BE
Darker −20%#4A9FA9
Darker −30%#3A7E86
Darker −40%#2B5C62
More saturated +25%#77D6E2
Less saturated −25%#A1B6B8

Channel breakdown

R140
G198
B205
Red140 (54.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue186.46°
Saturation (HSL)39.39%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G C6 · B CD

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