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Recognised as Colour

#8AEEED

  • #8AEEED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8AEEED is a cyan with RGB values 138, 238, 237 and HSL 179°, 75%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8AEEED#8AEEED
HEX#8AEEED
RGBrgb(138, 238, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.9333, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.1%, 93.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(179.4, 74.6%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 42%, 93.3%)
CMYK42%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,105,133
CSS custom property--colour: #8AEEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.53:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#751112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5AF4EDno 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 text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Turquoise · ΔE 16.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Light blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE8A8B
Analogous#8AEEBB, #8ABDEE
Triadic#ED8AEE, #EEED8A
Split complementary#EE8ABD, #EEBB8A
Tetradic#BB8AEE, #EE8A8B, #BDEE8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3FBFB
Lighter +10%#B7F4F4
Darker −10%#5DE8E6
Darker −20%#31E1DF
Darker −30%#1CC3C1
Darker −40%#169695
More saturated +25%#79FFFD
Less saturated −25%#9BDDDD

Channel breakdown

R138
G238
B237
Red138 (54.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue179.4°
Saturation (HSL)74.63%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G EE · B ED

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