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Recognised as Colour

#8BE4E6

  • #8BE4E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE4E6 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 228, 230 and HSL 181°, 65%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE4E6#8BE4E6
HEX#8BE4E6
RGBrgb(139, 228, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8941, 0.902
RGB percentages54.5%, 89.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(181.3, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,102
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE4E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.34:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#741B19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DCE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D0E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#62E9E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 15.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68D8B
Analogous#8BE6BB, #8BB6E6
Triadic#E68BE4, #E4E68B
Split complementary#E68BB6, #E6BB8B
Tetradic#BB8BE6, #E68D8B, #B6E68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF8F8
Lighter +10%#B5EEEF
Darker −10%#61DADD
Darker −20%#37D0D4
Darker −30%#26AFB2
Darker −40%#1D8588
More saturated +25%#79F5F8
Less saturated −25%#9DD3D4

Channel breakdown

R139
G228
B230
Red139 (54.5%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue181.32°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E4 · B E6

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