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Recognised as Colour

#8DE0EA

  • #8DE0EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8DE0EA is a cyan with RGB values 141, 224, 234 and HSL 186°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8DE0EA#8DE0EA
HEX#8DE0EA
RGBrgb(141, 224, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8784, 0.9176
RGB percentages55.3%, 87.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(186.5, 68.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 39.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,298,154
CSS custom property--colour: #8DE0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#721F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DAEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#65E6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA978D
Analogous#8DEAC6, #8DB1EA
Triadic#EA8DE0, #E0EA8D
Split complementary#EA8DB1, #EAC58D
Tetradic#C68DEA, #EA978D, #B2EA8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F7FA
Lighter +10%#B8ECF2
Darker −10%#62D4E2
Darker −20%#37C9DA
Darker −30%#23ABBB
Darker −40%#1B8490
More saturated +25%#7CEDFB
Less saturated −25%#9ED3D9

Channel breakdown

R141
G224
B234
Red141 (55.3%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue186.45°
Saturation (HSL)68.89%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G E0 · B EA

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