Recognised as Colour

#8ECECD

#8ECECD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8ECECD is a cyan with RGB values 142, 206, 205 and HSL 179°, 40%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8ECECD

RGBrgb(142, 206, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8078, 0.8039

RGB percentages55.7%, 80.8%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(179.1, 39.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 31.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK31.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,359,053

CSS custom property--colour: #8ECECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#713132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C8CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Tritanopia#77D2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 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 text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Light blue · ΔE 12.1 Sky blue · ΔE 16.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE8E8F

Analogous#8ECEAD, #8EAFCE

Triadic#CD8ECE, #CECD8E

Split complementary#CE8EAF, #CEAD8E

Tetradic#AD8ECE, #CE8E8F, #AFCE8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FCFC

Lighter +20%#D5EDEC

Lighter +10%#B2DDDD

Darker −10%#6ABFBD

Darker −20%#4AACAA

Darker −30%#3B8887

Darker −40%#2C6464

More saturated +25%#7AE2E1

Less saturated −25%#A2BAB9

Channel breakdown

R142

G206

B205

Red142 (55.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue179.06°

Saturation (HSL)39.51%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G CE · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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