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Recognised as Colour

#8BEAF2

  • #8BEAF2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BEAF2 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 234, 242 and HSL 185°, 80%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BEAF2#8BEAF2
HEX#8BEAF2
RGBrgb(139, 234, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9176, 0.949
RGB percentages54.5%, 91.8%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(184.7, 79.8%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 42.6%, 94.9%)
CMYK42.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,169,650
CSS custom property--colour: #8BEAF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#74150D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE3F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD5F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5AF1ECno 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 text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2938B
Analogous#8BF2C7, #8BB6F2
Triadic#F28BEA, #EAF28B
Split complementary#F28BB7, #F2C78B
Tetradic#C78BF2, #F2938B, #B7F28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7FBFC
Lighter +10%#B9F2F7
Darker −10%#5DE2ED
Darker −20%#2FD9E8
Darker −30%#17BFCD
Darker −40%#12949F
More saturated +25%#7EF5FF
Less saturated −25%#9BDCE2

Channel breakdown

R139
G234
B242
Red139 (54.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue184.66°
Saturation (HSL)79.84%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G EA · B F2

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