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Recognised as Colour

#8ED5EE

  • #8ED5EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8ED5EE is a cyan with RGB values 142, 213, 238 and HSL 196°, 74%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8ED5EE#8ED5EE
HEX#8ED5EE
RGBrgb(142, 213, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8353, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.7%, 83.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(195.6, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,360,878
CSS custom property--colour: #8ED5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#712A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#67DDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.3Light blue · ΔE 9.5Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.29, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEA78E
Analogous#8EEED7, #8EA5EE
Triadic#EE8ED5, #D5EE8E
Split complementary#EE8EA5, #EED78E
Tetradic#D78EEE, #EEA78E, #A5EE8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F6FB
Lighter +10%#BAE5F5
Darker −10%#62C5E7
Darker −20%#35B4E1
Darker −30%#1E9AC5
Darker −40%#177799
More saturated +25%#7EDDFE
Less saturated −25%#9ECDDE

Channel breakdown

R142
G213
B238
Red142 (55.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue195.63°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G D5 · B EE

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