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Colour

#8ED0DA

  • #8ED0DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#8ED0DA is a cyan with RGB values 142, 208, 218 and HSL 188°, 51%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#8ED0DA#8ED0DA
HEX#8ED0DA
RGBrgb(142, 208, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8157, 0.8549
RGB percentages55.7%, 81.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(187.9, 50.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 34.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK34.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,359,578
CSS custom property--colour: #8ED0DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#712F25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C1DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#71D6D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA988E
Analogous#8EDABE, #8EAADA
Triadic#DA8ED0, #D0DA8E
Split complementary#DA8EAA, #DABE8E
Tetradic#BE8EDA, #DA988E, #AADA8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF0F3
Lighter +10%#B4E0E7
Darker −10%#68C0CD
Darker −20%#41B0C1
Darker −30%#338E9C
Darker −40%#266B76
More saturated +25%#7BDEED
Less saturated −25%#A1C2C7

Channel breakdown

R142
G208
B218
Red142 (55.7%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue187.89°
Saturation (HSL)50.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G D0 · B DA

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