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Recognised as Colour

#8DCDD3

  • #8DCDD3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8DCDD3 is a cyan with RGB values 141, 205, 211 and HSL 185°, 44%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8DCDD3#8DCDD3
HEX#8DCDD3
RGBrgb(141, 205, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8039, 0.8275
RGB percentages55.3%, 80.4%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(185.1, 44.3%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.1, 33.2%, 82.7%)
CMYK33.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,293,267
CSS custom property--colour: #8DCDD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#72322C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C8D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#73D2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3938D
Analogous#8DD3B6, #8DAAD3
Triadic#D38DCD, #CDD38D
Split complementary#D38DAA, #D3B68D
Tetradic#B68DD3, #D3938D, #AAD38D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#D7EDEF
Lighter +10%#B2DDE1
Darker −10%#68BDC5
Darker −20%#46ABB4
Darker −30%#378890
Darker −40%#29656B
More saturated +25%#79DDE7
Less saturated −25%#A1BDBF

Channel breakdown

R141
G205
B211
Red141 (55.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue185.14°
Saturation (HSL)44.3%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G CD · B D3

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