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Recognised as Colour

#8CCED2

  • #8CCED2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8CCED2 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 206, 210 and HSL 183°, 44%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8CCED2#8CCED2
HEX#8CCED2
RGBrgb(140, 206, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8078, 0.8235
RGB percentages54.9%, 80.8%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(183.4, 43.7%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 33.3%, 82.4%)
CMYK33.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,227,986
CSS custom property--colour: #8CCED2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#73312D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C8D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BFD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#71D3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 10.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2908C
Analogous#8CD2B3, #8CABD2
Triadic#D28CCE, #CED28C
Split complementary#D28CAB, #D2B38C
Tetradic#B38CD2, #D2908C, #ABD28C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFDFD
Lighter +20%#D5EDEF
Lighter +10%#B1DEE0
Darker −10%#67BEC4
Darker −20%#46ACB2
Darker −30%#37898E
Darker −40%#296569
More saturated +25%#78E0E6
Less saturated −25%#A0BCBE

Channel breakdown

R140
G206
B210
Red140 (54.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue183.43°
Saturation (HSL)43.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G CE · B D2

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