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Recognised as Colour

#8BE4EC

  • #8BE4EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE4EC is a cyan with RGB values 139, 228, 236 and HSL 185°, 72%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE4EC#8BE4EC
HEX#8BE4EC
RGBrgb(139, 228, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8941, 0.9255
RGB percentages54.5%, 89.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(184.9, 71.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 41.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK41.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,108
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE4EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#741B13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DDEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5FEAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 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 text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC938B
Analogous#8BECC3, #8BB4EC
Triadic#EC8BE4, #E4EC8B
Split complementary#EC8BB4, #ECC38B
Tetradic#C38BEC, #EC938B, #B4EC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F8FA
Lighter +10%#B7EEF3
Darker −10%#5FDAE5
Darker −20%#33D0DE
Darker −30%#1FB2BF
Darker −40%#188993
More saturated +25%#7AF2FD
Less saturated −25%#9CD6DB

Channel breakdown

R139
G228
B236
Red139 (54.5%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue184.95°
Saturation (HSL)71.85%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E4 · B EC

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