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Recognised as Colour

#8CCDDC

  • #8CCDDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8CCDDC is a cyan with RGB values 140, 205, 220 and HSL 191°, 53%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CCDDC#8CCDDC
HEX#8CCDDC
RGBrgb(140, 205, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8039, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.9%, 80.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.3, 53.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 36.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK36.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,740
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#733223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6ED3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 8.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9B8C
Analogous#8CDCC3, #8CA5DC
Triadic#DC8CCD, #CDDC8C
Split complementary#DC8CA5, #DCC38C
Tetradic#C38CDC, #DC9B8C, #A5DC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEFF4
Lighter +10%#B3DEE8
Darker −10%#65BCD0
Darker −20%#3EABC4
Darker −30%#308A9F
Darker −40%#246878
More saturated +25%#79D9EF
Less saturated −25%#9FC1C9

Channel breakdown

R140
G205
B220
Red140 (54.9%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.25°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CD · B DC

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