Colour

#8CDEEB

#8CDEEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8CDEEB is a cyan with RGB values 140, 222, 235 and HSL 188°, 70%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8CDEEB#8CDEEB

HEX#8CDEEB

RGBrgb(140, 222, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8706, 0.9216

RGB percentages54.9%, 87.1%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(188.2, 70.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 40.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK40.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,232,107

CSS custom property--colour: #8CDEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#732114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1CCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Tritanopia#63E5E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Sky blue · ΔE 10.9 Light blue · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB998C

Analogous#8CEBC9, #8CAFEB

Triadic#EB8CDE, #DEEB8C

Split complementary#EB8CAF, #EBC98C

Tetradic#C98CEB, #EB998C, #AFEB8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3F7FA

Lighter +10%#B7EAF3

Darker −10%#61D2E3

Darker −20%#35C5DC

Darker −30%#21A8BD

Darker −40%#198192

More saturated +25%#7BEAFC

Less saturated −25%#9DD2DA

Channel breakdown

R140

G222

B235

Red140 (54.9%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue188.21°

Saturation (HSL)70.37%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8C · G DE · B EB

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