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Recognised as Colour

#8CCCCF

  • #8CCCCF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8CCCCF is a cyan with RGB values 140, 204, 207 and HSL 183°, 41%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8CCCCF#8CCCCF
HEX#8CCCCF
RGBrgb(140, 204, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8, 0.8118
RGB percentages54.9%, 80%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(182.7, 41.1%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 32.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK32.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,471
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCCCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#733330

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C6CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BDD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#73D0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF8F8C
Analogous#8CCFB1, #8CABCF
Triadic#CF8CCC, #CCCF8C
Split complementary#CF8CAB, #CFB18C
Tetradic#B18CCF, #CF8F8C, #ABCF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFC
Lighter +20%#D4ECED
Lighter +10%#B0DCDE
Darker −10%#68BCC0
Darker −20%#48A8AD
Darker −30%#398589
Darker −40%#2A6265
More saturated +25%#78DFE3
Less saturated −25%#A0B9BB

Channel breakdown

R140
G204
B207
Red140 (54.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue182.69°
Saturation (HSL)41.1%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CC · B CF

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