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Recognised as Colour

#8CCCFF

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

#8CCCFF is a blue with RGB values 140, 204, 255 and HSL 207°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8CCCFF#8CCCFF
HEX#8CCCFF
RGBrgb(140, 204, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8, 1
RGB percentages54.9%, 80%, 100%
HSLhsl(206.6, 100%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.6, 45.1%, 100%)
CMYK45.1%, 20%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,519
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.2:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#733300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7C0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5BD8DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Light blue · ΔE 20.6Powder blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBF8C
Analogous#8CFFF8, #8C93FF
Triadic#FF8CCC, #CCFF8C
Split complementary#FF8C93, #FFF88C
Tetradic#F88CFF, #FFBF8C, #93FF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F9FF
Lighter +10%#BFE3FF
Darker −10%#59B5FF
Darker −20%#269FFF
Darker −30%#0087F2
Darker −40%#006ABF
More saturated +25%#8CCCFF
Less saturated −25%#9ACAF1

Channel breakdown

R140
G204
B255
Red140 (54.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue206.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CC · B FF

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