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Recognised as Colour

#8BE1ED

  • #8BE1ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE1ED is a cyan with RGB values 139, 225, 237 and HSL 187°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE1ED#8BE1ED
HEX#8BE1ED
RGBrgb(139, 225, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8824, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.5%, 88.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(187.3, 73.1%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 41.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK41.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,167,341
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE1ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#741E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#5FE8E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED978B
Analogous#8BEDC8, #8BB0ED
Triadic#ED8BE1, #E1ED8B
Split complementary#ED8BB0, #EDC88B
Tetradic#C88BED, #ED978B, #B0ED8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F8FB
Lighter +10%#B7ECF4
Darker −10%#5FD6E6
Darker −20%#33CADF
Darker −30%#1EADC1
Darker −40%#178595
More saturated +25%#7AEEFE
Less saturated −25%#9CD4DC

Channel breakdown

R139
G225
B237
Red139 (54.5%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue187.35°
Saturation (HSL)73.13%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E1 · B ED

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