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Recognised as Colour

#8ED1EA

  • #8ED1EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8ED1EA is a cyan with RGB values 142, 209, 234 and HSL 196°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8ED1EA#8ED1EA
HEX#8ED1EA
RGBrgb(142, 209, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8196, 0.9176
RGB percentages55.7%, 82%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(196.3, 68.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 39.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,359,850
CSS custom property--colour: #8ED1EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.46:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#712E15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6AD9D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 2.6Light blue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 2.55, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA78E
Analogous#8EEAD5, #8EA3EA
Triadic#EA8ED1, #D1EA8E
Split complementary#EA8EA3, #EAD58E
Tetradic#D58EEA, #EAA78E, #A3EA8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F4FA
Lighter +10%#B9E3F2
Darker −10%#63BFE2
Darker −20%#38AEDA
Darker −30%#2392BC
Darker −40%#1B7191
More saturated +25%#7DD9FB
Less saturated −25%#9FC9D9

Channel breakdown

R142
G209
B234
Red142 (55.7%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue196.3°
Saturation (HSL)68.66%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G D1 · B EA

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