Recognised as Colour

#8CCFE9

#8CCFE9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8CCFE9 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 207, 233 and HSL 197°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CCFE9#8CCFE9

HEX#8CCFE9

RGBrgb(140, 207, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8118, 0.9137

RGB percentages54.9%, 81.2%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(196.8, 67.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 39.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK39.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,228,265

CSS custom property--colour: #8CCFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.22:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#733016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0CCEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#67D7D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 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 text12.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 1.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8 Light blue · ΔE 9.8 Powder blue · ΔE 13.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 1.85, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E9A68C

Analogous#8CE9D4, #8CA1E9

Triadic#E98CCF, #CFE98C

Split complementary#E98CA1, #E9D48C

Tetradic#D48CE9, #E9A68C, #A1E98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2F3F9

Lighter +10%#B7E1F1

Darker −10%#61BDE1

Darker −20%#36ABD9

Darker −30%#238FB9

Darker −40%#1B6E8E

More saturated +25%#7BD7FA

Less saturated −25%#9DC7D8

Channel breakdown

R140

G207

B233

Red140 (54.9%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue196.77°

Saturation (HSL)67.88%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8C · G CF · B E9

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