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Recognised as Colour

#8EC8E1

  • #8EC8E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8EC8E1 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 200, 225 and HSL 198°, 58%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8EC8E1#8EC8E1
HEX#8EC8E1
RGBrgb(142, 200, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7843, 0.8824
RGB percentages55.7%, 78.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(198.1, 58%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 36.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK36.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,357,537
CSS custom property--colour: #8EC8E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#71371E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC5E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#70D0D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.1Light blue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.09, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1A78E
Analogous#8EE1D1, #8E9EE1
Triadic#E18EC8, #C8E18E
Split complementary#E18E9E, #E1D18E
Tetradic#D18EE1, #E1A78E, #9EE18E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEFF6
Lighter +10%#B6DCEC
Darker −10%#66B4D6
Darker −20%#3DA1CC
Darker −30%#2D84A9
Darker −40%#226481
More saturated +25%#7CCFF3
Less saturated −25%#A0C1CF

Channel breakdown

R142
G200
B225
Red142 (55.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue198.07°
Saturation (HSL)58.04%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G C8 · B E1

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