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Recognised as Colour

#8DDCF6

  • #8DDCF6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8DDCF6 is a cyan with RGB values 141, 220, 246 and HSL 195°, 85%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8DDCF6#8DDCF6
HEX#8DDCF6
RGBrgb(141, 220, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8627, 0.9647
RGB percentages55.3%, 86.3%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(194.9, 85.4%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.9, 42.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK42.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,297,142
CSS custom property--colour: #8DDCF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#722309

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD8F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCBF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5FE5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.4Light blue · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Powder blue · ΔE 13Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6A78D
Analogous#8DF6DC, #8DA7F6
Triadic#F68DDC, #DCF68D
Split complementary#F68DA7, #F6DC8D
Tetradic#DC8DF6, #F6A78D, #A7F68D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF9FD
Lighter +10%#BCEBFA
Darker −10%#5ECDF2
Darker −20%#2EBFEF
Darker −30%#11A7D9
Darker −40%#0D83AA
More saturated +25%#84E1FF
Less saturated −25%#9CD4E7

Channel breakdown

R141
G220
B246
Red141 (55.3%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue194.86°
Saturation (HSL)85.37%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G DC · B F6

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