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Recognised as Colour

#8CE2EF

  • #8CE2EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CE2EF is a cyan with RGB values 140, 226, 239 and HSL 188°, 76%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CE2EF#8CE2EF
HEX#8CE2EF
RGBrgb(140, 226, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8863, 0.9373
RGB percentages54.9%, 88.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(187.9, 75.6%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 41.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK41.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,233,135
CSS custom property--colour: #8CE2EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.24:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#731D10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CFEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60E9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 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 text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF998C
Analogous#8CEFCB, #8CB1EF
Triadic#EF8CE2, #E2EF8C
Split complementary#EF8CB1, #EFCB8C
Tetradic#CB8CEF, #EF998C, #B1EF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F9FB
Lighter +10%#B9EDF5
Darker −10%#5FD7E9
Darker −20%#32CBE3
Darker −30%#1CB0C6
Darker −40%#15889A
More saturated +25%#7CEEFF
Less saturated −25%#9CD6DF

Channel breakdown

R140
G226
B239
Red140 (54.9%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue187.88°
Saturation (HSL)75.57%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G E2 · B EF

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