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Recognised as Colour

#8DE0EE

  • #8DE0EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8DE0EE is a cyan with RGB values 141, 224, 238 and HSL 189°, 74%, 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

#8DE0EE#8DE0EE
HEX#8DE0EE
RGBrgb(141, 224, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8784, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.3%, 87.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(188.7, 74%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 40.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,298,158
CSS custom property--colour: #8DE0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#721F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#63E7E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9B8D
Analogous#8DEECC, #8DB0EE
Triadic#EE8DE0, #E0EE8D
Split complementary#EE8DAF, #EECC8D
Tetradic#CC8DEE, #EE9B8D, #B0EE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F8FB
Lighter +10%#B9ECF5
Darker −10%#61D4E7
Darker −20%#34C8E1
Darker −30%#1DADC5
Darker −40%#178698
More saturated +25%#7DECFE
Less saturated −25%#9DD4DE

Channel breakdown

R141
G224
B238
Red141 (55.3%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue188.66°
Saturation (HSL)74.05%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G E0 · B EE

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