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Recognised as Colour

#8ECBD9

  • #8ECBD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8ECBD9 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 203, 217 and HSL 191°, 50%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8ECBD9#8ECBD9
HEX#8ECBD9
RGBrgb(142, 203, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7961, 0.851
RGB percentages55.7%, 79.6%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(191.2, 49.7%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 34.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK34.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,358,297
CSS custom property--colour: #8ECBD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#713426

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C7DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BDD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#72D1CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.8Sky blue · ΔE 8.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99C8E
Analogous#8ED9C2, #8EA5D9
Triadic#D98ECB, #CBD98E
Split complementary#D98EA5, #D9C28E
Tetradic#C28ED9, #D99C8E, #A6D98E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEEF3
Lighter +10%#B4DDE6
Darker −10%#68B9CC
Darker −20%#42A8BF
Darker −30%#34879A
Darker −40%#276674
More saturated +25%#7BD7EC
Less saturated −25%#A1BFC6

Channel breakdown

R142
G203
B217
Red142 (55.7%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue191.2°
Saturation (HSL)49.67%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G CB · B D9

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