Recognised as Colour

#8ECDE0

#8ECDE0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8ECDE0 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 205, 224 and HSL 194°, 57%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8ECDE0#8ECDE0

HEX#8ECDE0

RGBrgb(142, 205, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8039, 0.8784

RGB percentages55.7%, 80.4%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(193.9, 56.9%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 36.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK36.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,358,816

CSS custom property--colour: #8ECDE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#71321F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1C9E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BFE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6FD4D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.5 Light blue · ΔE 7.9 Powder blue · ΔE 10.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E0A18E

Analogous#8EE0CA, #8EA4E0

Triadic#E08ECD, #CDE08E

Split complementary#E08EA4, #E0CA8E

Tetradic#CA8EE0, #E0A18E, #A4E08E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEF0F6

Lighter +10%#B6DFEB

Darker −10%#66BBD5

Darker −20%#3EAACA

Darker −30%#2E8BA7

Darker −40%#236A7F

More saturated +25%#7CD7F2

Less saturated −25%#A0C3CE

Channel breakdown

R142

G205

B224

Red142 (55.7%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue193.9°

Saturation (HSL)56.94%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G CD · B E0

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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