Recognised as Colour

#8BFAFD

#8BFAFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BFAFD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 250, 253 and HSL 182°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BFAFD#8BFAFD

HEX#8BFAFD

RGBrgb(139, 250, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9804, 0.9922

RGB percentages54.5%, 98%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(181.6, 96.6%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 45.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK45.1%, 1.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,173,757

CSS custom property--colour: #8BFAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#740502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDF1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9E2FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4DFFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Aqua · ΔE 17.3 Cyan · ΔE 17.3 Powder blue · ΔE 18.3 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FD8E8B

Analogous#8BFDC7, #8BC1FD

Triadic#FD8BFA, #FAFD8B

Split complementary#FD8BC1, #FDC78B

Tetradic#C78BFD, #FD8E8B, #C1FD8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFFEFF

Lighter +10%#BDFCFE

Darker −10%#59F8FC

Darker −20%#27F6FB

Darker −30%#04E5EB

Darker −40%#03B4B9

More saturated +25%#89FCFF

Less saturated −25%#9AECEE

Channel breakdown

R139

G250

B253

Red139 (54.5%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue181.58°

Saturation (HSL)96.61%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G FA · B FD

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