Recognised as Colour

#8ADAEA

#8ADAEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8ADAEA is a cyan with RGB values 138, 218, 234 and HSL 190°, 70%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8ADAEA

RGBrgb(138, 218, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.8549, 0.9176

RGB percentages54.1%, 85.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(190, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK41%, 6.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,100,010

CSS custom property--colour: #8ADAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#752515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC9EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Tritanopia#60E1DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7 Light blue · ΔE 10.5 Powder blue · ΔE 10.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA9A8A

Analogous#8AEACA, #8AAAEA

Triadic#EA8ADA, #DAEA8A

Split complementary#EA8AAA, #EACA8A

Tetradic#CA8AEA, #EA9A8A, #AAEA8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E0F5FA

Lighter +10%#B5E8F2

Darker −10%#5FCCE2

Darker −20%#34BFDA

Darker −30%#21A0BA

Darker −40%#1A7B8E

More saturated +25%#79E6FB

Less saturated −25%#9BCFD9

Channel breakdown

R138

G218

B234

Red138 (54.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue190°

Saturation (HSL)69.57%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G DA · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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