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Recognised as Colour

#8CDAFE

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

#8CDAFE is a cyan with RGB values 140, 218, 254 and HSL 199°, 98%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CDAFE#8CDAFE
HEX#8CDAFE
RGBrgb(140, 218, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8549, 0.9961
RGB percentages54.9%, 85.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(198.9, 98.3%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 44.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK44.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,231,102
CSS custom property--colour: #8CDAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#732501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7CAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#58E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEB08C
Analogous#8CFEE9, #8CA1FE
Triadic#FE8CDA, #DAFE8C
Split complementary#FE8CA1, #FEE98C
Tetradic#E98CFE, #FEB08C, #A1FE8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FBFF
Lighter +10%#BFEAFE
Darker −10%#59CAFE
Darker −20%#27B9FD
Darker −30%#02A4EF
Darker −40%#0281BC
More saturated +25%#8BDAFF
Less saturated −25%#9BD5F0

Channel breakdown

R140
G218
B254
Red140 (54.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue198.95°
Saturation (HSL)98.28%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G DA · B FE

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