Colour

#8AEADE

#8AEADE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8AEADE is a cyan with RGB values 138, 234, 222 and HSL 173°, 70%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8AEADE#8AEADE

HEX#8AEADE

RGBrgb(138, 234, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.9176, 0.8706

RGB percentages54.1%, 91.8%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(172.5, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK41%, 0%, 5.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,104,094

CSS custom property--colour: #8AEADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#751521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D4DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Tritanopia#63EEE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Powder blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA8A96

Analogous#8AEAAE, #8AC6EA

Triadic#DE8AEA, #EADE8A

Split complementary#EA8AC6, #EAAE8A

Tetradic#AE8AEA, #EA8A96, #C6EA8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E0FAF6

Lighter +10%#B5F2EA

Darker −10%#5FE2D2

Darker −20%#34DAC6

Darker −30%#21BAA7

Darker −40%#1A8E80

More saturated +25%#79FBEB

Less saturated −25%#9BD9D1

Channel breakdown

R138

G234

B222

Red138 (54.1%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue172.5°

Saturation (HSL)69.57%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G EA · B DE

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