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Recognised as Colour

#8BE5EE

  • #8BE5EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE5EE is a cyan with RGB values 139, 229, 238 and HSL 185°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE5EE#8BE5EE
HEX#8BE5EE
RGBrgb(139, 229, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.898, 0.9333
RGB percentages54.5%, 89.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(185.5, 74.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 41.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK41.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,366
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.54:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#741A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DEEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5EECE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE948B
Analogous#8BEEC6, #8BB3EE
Triadic#EE8BE5, #E5EE8B
Split complementary#EE8BB3, #EEC58B
Tetradic#C68BEE, #EE948B, #B4EE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F9FB
Lighter +10%#B7EFF5
Darker −10%#5FDBE7
Darker −20%#32D1E1
Darker −30%#1DB4C3
Darker −40%#168B97
More saturated +25%#7AF3FF
Less saturated −25%#9CD7DD

Channel breakdown

R139
G229
B238
Red139 (54.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue185.45°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G E5 · B EE

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