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Recognised as Colour

#8FB9C0

  • #8FB9C0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8FB9C0 is a cyan with RGB values 143, 185, 192 and HSL 189°, 28%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8FB9C0#8FB9C0
HEX#8FB9C0
RGBrgb(143, 185, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7255, 0.7529
RGB percentages56.1%, 72.5%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(188.6, 28%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 25.5%, 75.3%)
CMYK25.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,419,200
CSS custom property--colour: #8FB9C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#70463F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B6C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AFC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7FBDBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 15Dark grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0968F
Analogous#8FC0AF, #8FA1C0
Triadic#C08FB9, #B9C08F
Split complementary#C08FA1, #C0AE8F
Tetradic#AE8FC0, #C0968F, #A1C08F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F6F7
Lighter +20%#D0E2E5
Lighter +10%#B0CDD2
Darker −10%#6EA5AE
Darker −20%#548C95
Darker −30%#426D74
Darker −40%#2F4F54
More saturated +25%#79C9D6
Less saturated −25%#A5A9AA

Channel breakdown

R143
G185
B192
Red143 (56.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)28%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G B9 · B C0

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