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Recognised as Colour

#8BEDEF

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

#8BEDEF is a cyan with RGB values 139, 237, 239 and HSL 181°, 76%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BEDEF#8BEDEF
HEX#8BEDEF
RGBrgb(139, 237, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9294, 0.9373
RGB percentages54.5%, 92.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(181.2, 75.8%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 41.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK41.8%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,170,415
CSS custom property--colour: #8BEDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#741210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E5EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5BF3EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18Turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF8D8B
Analogous#8BEFBF, #8BBBEF
Triadic#EF8BED, #EDEF8B
Split complementary#EF8BBB, #EFBF8B
Tetradic#BF8BEF, #EF8D8B, #BBEF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5FBFB
Lighter +10%#B8F4F5
Darker −10%#5EE6E9
Darker −20%#31DFE3
Darker −30%#1BC2C6
Darker −40%#159699
More saturated +25%#7BFCFF
Less saturated −25%#9CDDDF

Channel breakdown

R139
G237
B239
Red139 (54.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue181.2°
Saturation (HSL)75.76%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G ED · B EF

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