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Recognised as Colour

#89EDEC

  • #89EDEC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#89EDEC is a cyan with RGB values 137, 237, 236 and HSL 179°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#89EDEC#89EDEC
HEX#89EDEC
RGBrgb(137, 237, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.9294, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.7%, 92.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(179.4, 73.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 42.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.2%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,039,340
CSS custom property--colour: #89EDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#761213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#59F3ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2Light blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED898A
Analogous#89EDBA, #89BCED
Triadic#EC89ED, #EDEC89
Split complementary#ED89BC, #EDBA89
Tetradic#BA89ED, #ED898A, #BCED89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2FBFA
Lighter +10%#B5F4F3
Darker −10%#5DE6E5
Darker −20%#31E0DE
Darker −30%#1DC0BE
Darker −40%#169492
More saturated +25%#78FEFD
Less saturated −25%#9ADCDB

Channel breakdown

R137
G237
B236
Red137 (53.7%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue179.4°
Saturation (HSL)73.53%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 89 · G ED · B EC

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