Colour

#8CEBEC

#8CEBEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CEBEC is a cyan with RGB values 140, 235, 236 and HSL 181°, 72%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#8CEBEC

RGBrgb(140, 235, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9216, 0.9255

RGB percentages54.9%, 92.2%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(180.6, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK40.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,235,436

CSS custom property--colour: #8CEBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#731413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5FF1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Powder blue · ΔE 13.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 17.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Turquoise · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC8D8C

Analogous#8CECBD, #8CBBEC

Triadic#EC8CEB, #EBEC8C

Split complementary#EC8CBB, #ECBD8C

Tetradic#BD8CEC, #EC8D8C, #BBEC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4FAFA

Lighter +10%#B8F3F3

Darker −10%#60E3E5

Darker −20%#34DCDE

Darker −30%#20BEBF

Darker −40%#189294

More saturated +25%#7BFBFD

Less saturated −25%#9DDBDB

Channel breakdown

R140

G235

B236

Red140 (54.9%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue180.63°

Saturation (HSL)71.64%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8C · G EB · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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