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Recognised as Colour

#8DBACD

  • #8DBACD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8DBACD is a cyan with RGB values 141, 186, 205 and HSL 198°, 39%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8DBACD#8DBACD
HEX#8DBACD
RGBrgb(141, 186, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.7294, 0.8039
RGB percentages55.3%, 72.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(197.8, 39%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 31.2%, 80.4%)
CMYK31.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,288,397
CSS custom property--colour: #8DBACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.04:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#724532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B8CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#78C0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA08D
Analogous#8DCDC0, #8D9ACD
Triadic#CD8DBA, #BACD8D
Split complementary#CD8D9A, #CDC08D
Tetradic#C08DCD, #CDA08D, #9ACD8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FAFC
Lighter +20%#D4E5EC
Lighter +10%#B0CFDD
Darker −10%#6AA5BD
Darker −20%#4A8DAA
Darker −30%#3B7086
Darker −40%#2B5263
More saturated +25%#79C2E2
Less saturated −25%#A2B2B9

Channel breakdown

R141
G186
B205
Red141 (55.3%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue197.81°
Saturation (HSL)39.02%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G BA · B CD

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