Recognised as Colour

#8DC6CE

#8DC6CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#8DC6CE is a cyan with RGB values 141, 198, 206 and HSL 187°, 40%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8DC6CE#8DC6CE

HEX#8DC6CE

RGBrgb(141, 198, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.7765, 0.8078

RGB percentages55.3%, 77.6%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(187.4, 39.9%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.4, 31.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK31.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,291,470

CSS custom property--colour: #8DC6CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#723931

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDC1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2B9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#76CBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.4 Powder blue · ΔE 10.2 Sky blue · ΔE 11.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE958D

Analogous#8DCEB5, #8DA6CE

Triadic#CE8DC6, #C6CE8D

Split complementary#CE8DA6, #CEB58D

Tetradic#B58DCE, #CE958D, #A6CE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8FCFC

Lighter +20%#D4EAED

Lighter +10%#B1D8DD

Darker −10%#69B4BF

Darker −20%#4A9FAB

Darker −30%#3A7E88

Darker −40%#2B5D64

More saturated +25%#79D5E2

Less saturated −25%#A1B7BA

Channel breakdown

R141

G198

B206

Red141 (55.3%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue187.38°

Saturation (HSL)39.88%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8D · G C6 · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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