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Recognised as Colour

#8BDED8

  • #8BDED8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BDED8 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 222, 216 and HSL 176°, 56%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BDED8#8BDED8
HEX#8BDED8
RGBrgb(139, 222, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8706, 0.8471
RGB percentages54.5%, 87.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(175.7, 55.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 37.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK37.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,166,552
CSS custom property--colour: #8BDED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#742127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CBD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6AE2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 17Turquoise · ΔE 17.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE8B91
Analogous#8BDEAE, #8BBBDE
Triadic#D88BDE, #DED88B
Split complementary#DE8BBB, #DEAE8B
Tetradic#AE8BDE, #DE8B91, #BBDE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF5F3
Lighter +10%#B3E9E5
Darker −10%#63D3CB
Darker −20%#3CC7BD
Darker −30%#2EA29A
Darker −40%#237A74
More saturated +25%#78F1E8
Less saturated −25%#9ECBC8

Channel breakdown

R139
G222
B216
Red139 (54.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue175.66°
Saturation (HSL)55.7%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G DE · B D8

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