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Recognised as Colour

#8DBACA

  • #8DBACA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8DBACA is a cyan with RGB values 141, 186, 202 and HSL 196°, 37%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8DBACA#8DBACA
HEX#8DBACA
RGBrgb(141, 186, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.7294, 0.7922
RGB percentages55.3%, 72.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(195.7, 36.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 30.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK30.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,288,394
CSS custom property--colour: #8DBACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#724535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B7CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B0CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#79BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9D8D
Analogous#8DCABC, #8D9BCA
Triadic#CA8DBA, #BACA8D
Split complementary#CA8D9B, #CABC8D
Tetradic#BC8DCA, #CA9D8D, #9BCA8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F9FB
Lighter +20%#D3E4EA
Lighter +10%#B0CFDA
Darker −10%#6AA5BA
Darker −20%#4C8DA5
Darker −30%#3C6F82
Darker −40%#2C525F
More saturated +25%#78C4DF
Less saturated −25%#A2B0B5

Channel breakdown

R141
G186
B202
Red141 (55.3%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue195.74°
Saturation (HSL)36.53%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G BA · B CA

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