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Recognised as Colour

#8ECDD8

  • #8ECDD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8ECDD8 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 205, 216 and HSL 189°, 49%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8ECDD8#8ECDD8
HEX#8ECDD8
RGBrgb(142, 205, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8039, 0.8471
RGB percentages55.7%, 80.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(188.9, 48.7%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 34.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK34.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,358,808
CSS custom property--colour: #8ECDD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#713227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C8D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BFD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#73D3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 9Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8998E
Analogous#8ED8BE, #8EA8D8
Triadic#D88ECD, #CDD88E
Split complementary#D88EA8, #D8BE8E
Tetradic#BE8ED8, #D8998E, #A8D88E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEFF2
Lighter +10%#B4DEE5
Darker −10%#68BCCB
Darker −20%#42ABBE
Darker −30%#358A98
Darker −40%#286772
More saturated +25%#7BDAEB
Less saturated −25%#A1C0C5

Channel breakdown

R142
G205
B216
Red142 (55.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue188.92°
Saturation (HSL)48.68%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G CD · B D8

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