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Colour

#8CDBED

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

#8CDBED is a cyan with RGB values 140, 219, 237 and HSL 191°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8CDBED
RGBrgb(140, 219, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8588, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.9%, 85.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(191.1, 72.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 40.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK40.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,231,341
CSS custom property--colour: #8CDBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.47:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#732412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#63E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 10.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9E8C
Analogous#8CEDCF, #8CAAED
Triadic#ED8CDB, #DBED8C
Split complementary#ED8CAA, #EDCF8C
Tetradic#CF8CED, #ED9E8C, #AAED8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F7FB
Lighter +10%#B8E9F4
Darker −10%#60CDE6
Darker −20%#34BFDF
Darker −30%#1EA3C2
Darker −40%#177E96
More saturated +25%#7BE5FE
Less saturated −25%#9DD1DC

Channel breakdown

R140
G219
B237
Red140 (54.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue191.13°
Saturation (HSL)72.93%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G DB · B ED

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