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Recognised as Colour

#8EC8D2

  • #8EC8D2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8EC8D2 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 200, 210 and HSL 189°, 43%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8EC8D2#8EC8D2
HEX#8EC8D2
RGBrgb(142, 200, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7843, 0.8235
RGB percentages55.7%, 78.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(188.8, 43%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 32.4%, 82.4%)
CMYK32.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,357,522
CSS custom property--colour: #8EC8D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#71372D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC4D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BBD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#76CDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2988E
Analogous#8ED2BA, #8EA6D2
Triadic#D28EC8, #C8D28E
Split complementary#D28EA6, #D2BA8E
Tetradic#BA8ED2, #D2988E, #A6D28E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#D7ECEF
Lighter +10%#B2DAE1
Darker −10%#6AB6C3
Darker −20%#47A3B3
Darker −30%#39828E
Darker −40%#2A606A
More saturated +25%#7AD6E6
Less saturated −25%#A2BABE

Channel breakdown

R142
G200
B210
Red142 (55.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue188.82°
Saturation (HSL)43.04%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G C8 · B D2

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