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Recognised as Colour

#8EB5C3

  • #8EB5C3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8EB5C3 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 181, 195 and HSL 196°, 31%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8EB5C3#8EB5C3
HEX#8EB5C3
RGBrgb(142, 181, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7098, 0.7647
RGB percentages55.7%, 71%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(195.8, 30.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 27.2%, 76.5%)
CMYK27.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,352,643
CSS custom property--colour: #8EB5C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#714A3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB3C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4ACC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7DBAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Dark grey · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C39C8E
Analogous#8EC3B6, #8E9BC3
Triadic#C38EB5, #B5C38E
Split complementary#C38E9B, #C3B68E
Tetradic#B68EC3, #C39C8E, #9BC38E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F6F8
Lighter +20%#D1E1E6
Lighter +10%#AFCBD5
Darker −10%#6D9FB1
Darker −20%#528699
Darker −30%#406978
Darker −40%#2E4C57
More saturated +25%#78BFD9
Less saturated −25%#A4ABAD

Channel breakdown

R142
G181
B195
Red142 (55.7%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue195.85°
Saturation (HSL)30.64%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G B5 · B C3

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