Recognised as Colour

#8DD6DF

#8DD6DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8DD6DF is a cyan with RGB values 141, 214, 223 and HSL 187°, 56%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8DD6DF#8DD6DF

HEX#8DD6DF

RGBrgb(141, 214, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8392, 0.8745

RGB percentages55.3%, 83.9%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(186.6, 56.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.6, 36.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK36.8%, 4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,295,583

CSS custom property--colour: #8DD6DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#722920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBD0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6CDCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.7 Light blue · ΔE 9.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Sky blue · ΔE 11.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF968D

Analogous#8DDFBF, #8DADDF

Triadic#DF8DD6, #D6DF8D

Split complementary#DF8DAD, #DFBF8D

Tetradic#BF8DDF, #DF968D, #ADDF8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DDF3F5

Lighter +10%#B5E4EA

Darker −10%#65C8D4

Darker −20%#3DB9C9

Darker −30%#2E98A5

Darker −40%#23737D

More saturated +25%#7BE4F1

Less saturated −25%#9FC8CD

Channel breakdown

R141

G214

B223

Red141 (55.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue186.59°

Saturation (HSL)56.16%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8D · G D6 · B DF

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