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Recognised as Colour

#8ADAEF

  • #8ADAEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8ADAEF is a cyan with RGB values 138, 218, 239 and HSL 192°, 76%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8ADAEF#8ADAEF
HEX#8ADAEF
RGBrgb(138, 218, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.8549, 0.9373
RGB percentages54.1%, 85.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(192.5, 75.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 42.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK42.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,100,015
CSS custom property--colour: #8ADAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#752510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5EE2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.5Light blue · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9F8A
Analogous#8AEFD2, #8AA7EF
Triadic#EF8ADA, #DAEF8A
Split complementary#EF8AA7, #EFD28A
Tetradic#D28AEF, #EF9F8A, #A7EF8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F6FB
Lighter +10%#B7E8F5
Darker −10%#5DCCE9
Darker −20%#30BEE3
Darker −30%#1BA2C5
Darker −40%#157D98
More saturated +25%#7AE3FF
Less saturated −25%#9BD0DE

Channel breakdown

R138
G218
B239
Red138 (54.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue192.48°
Saturation (HSL)75.94%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G DA · B EF

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