Recognised as Colour

#8FC1CE

#8FC1CE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light blue

#8FC1CE is a cyan with RGB values 143, 193, 206 and HSL 192°, 39%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8FC1CE#8FC1CE

HEX#8FC1CE

RGBrgb(143, 193, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7569, 0.8078

RGB percentages56.1%, 75.7%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(192.4, 39.1%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 30.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK30.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,421,262

CSS custom property--colour: #8FC1CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.69:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#703E31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8BECFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADB5CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7AC6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9 Sky blue · ΔE 10.5 Powder blue · ΔE 11.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 16 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE9C8F

Analogous#8FCEBC, #8FA1CE

Triadic#CE8FC1, #C1CE8F

Split complementary#CE8FA2, #CEBC8F

Tetradic#BC8FCE, #CE9C8F, #A2CE8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FCFD

Lighter +20%#D6E8ED

Lighter +10%#B2D5DE

Darker −10%#6CADBE

Darker −20%#4B98AC

Darker −30%#3C7988

Darker −40%#2C5965

More saturated +25%#7BCDE2

Less saturated −25%#A3B5BA

Channel breakdown

R143

G193

B206

Red143 (56.1%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue192.38°

Saturation (HSL)39.13%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8F · G C1 · B CE

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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