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Recognised as Colour

#8CE1FA

  • #8CE1FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8CE1FA is a cyan with RGB values 140, 225, 250 and HSL 194°, 92%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8CE1FA#8CE1FA
HEX#8CE1FA
RGBrgb(140, 225, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8824, 0.9804
RGB percentages54.9%, 88.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(193.6, 91.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 44%, 98%)
CMYK44%, 10%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,232,890
CSS custom property--colour: #8CE1FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.27:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#731E05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DCFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#59EAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAA58C
Analogous#8CFADC, #8CAAFA
Triadic#FA8CE1, #E1FA8C
Split complementary#FA8CAA, #FADC8C
Tetradic#DC8CFA, #FAA58C, #AAFA8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFBFE
Lighter +10%#BDEEFC
Darker −10%#5BD4F8
Darker −20%#2AC8F6
Darker −30%#0AB2E3
Darker −40%#088CB2
More saturated +25%#87E4FF
Less saturated −25%#9BD9EB

Channel breakdown

R140
G225
B250
Red140 (54.9%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue193.64°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G E1 · B FA

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