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Recognised as Colour

#8CCCD9

  • #8CCCD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8CCCD9 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 204, 217 and HSL 190°, 50%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8CCCD9#8CCCD9
HEX#8CCCD9
RGBrgb(140, 204, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8, 0.851
RGB percentages54.9%, 80%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(190.1, 50.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.1, 35.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK35.5%, 6%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,481
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCCD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#733326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C7DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6FD2D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.4Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9998C
Analogous#8CD9C0, #8CA5D9
Triadic#D98CCC, #CCD98C
Split complementary#D98CA5, #D9C08C
Tetradic#C08CD9, #D9998C, #A5D98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9EEF2
Lighter +10%#B2DDE6
Darker −10%#66BBCC
Darker −20%#3FAAC0
Darker −30%#338899
Darker −40%#266673
More saturated +25%#79D9EC
Less saturated −25%#9FBFC6

Channel breakdown

R140
G204
B217
Red140 (54.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue190.13°
Saturation (HSL)50.33%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CC · B D9

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