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Recognised as Colour

#8DAFBE

  • #8DAFBE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8DAFBE is a cyan with RGB values 141, 175, 190 and HSL 198°, 27%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8DAFBE#8DAFBE
HEX#8DAFBE
RGBrgb(141, 175, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6863, 0.7451
RGB percentages55.3%, 68.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(198.4, 27.4%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 25.8%, 74.5%)
CMYK25.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,285,566
CSS custom property--colour: #8DAFBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#725041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7ADBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A7BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7EB4B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Dark grey · ΔE 14Light blue · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE9C8D
Analogous#8DBEB5, #8D96BE
Triadic#BE8DAF, #AFBE8D
Split complementary#BE8D96, #BEB58D
Tetradic#B58DBE, #BE9C8D, #96BE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF3F6
Lighter +20%#CEDDE3
Lighter +10%#ADC6D1
Darker −10%#6D98AB
Darker −20%#537F92
Darker −30%#416271
Darker −40%#2E4651
More saturated +25%#77B8D4
Less saturated −25%#A3A6A8

Channel breakdown

R141
G175
B190
Red141 (55.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue198.37°
Saturation (HSL)27.37%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G AF · B BE

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