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Recognised as Colour

#8CEBDF

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

#8CEBDF is a cyan with RGB values 140, 235, 223 and HSL 172°, 70%, 74%. 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

#8CEBDF#8CEBDF
HEX#8CEBDF
RGBrgb(140, 235, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9216, 0.8745
RGB percentages54.9%, 92.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(172.4, 70.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 40.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK40.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,235,423
CSS custom property--colour: #8CEBDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#731420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E1DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D5E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#66EFE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Powder blue · ΔE 17.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB8C98
Analogous#8CEBB0, #8CC8EB
Triadic#DF8CEB, #EBDF8C
Split complementary#EB8CC7, #EBB08C
Tetradic#B08CEB, #EB8C98, #C7EB8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3FAF7
Lighter +10%#B7F3EB
Darker −10%#61E3D3
Darker −20%#35DCC7
Darker −30%#21BDA9
Darker −40%#199282
More saturated +25%#7BFCEC
Less saturated −25%#9DDAD2

Channel breakdown

R140
G235
B223
Red140 (54.9%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue172.42°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G EB · B DF

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