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Recognised as Colour

#8EDBEB

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

#8EDBEB is a cyan with RGB values 142, 219, 235 and HSL 190°, 70%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8EDBEB#8EDBEB
HEX#8EDBEB
RGBrgb(142, 219, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8588, 0.9216
RGB percentages55.7%, 85.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(190.3, 69.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 39.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,362,411
CSS custom property--colour: #8EDBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.48:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#712414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCAEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#67E2E0no 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 text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9E8E
Analogous#8EEBCC, #8EADEB
Triadic#EB8EDB, #DBEB8E
Split complementary#EB8EAD, #EBCD8E
Tetradic#CC8EEB, #EB9E8E, #ADEB8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F7FA
Lighter +10%#B9E9F3
Darker −10%#63CDE3
Darker −20%#37BFDC
Darker −30%#22A3BE
Darker −40%#1A7E93
More saturated +25%#7DE6FC
Less saturated −25%#9FD0DA

Channel breakdown

R142
G219
B235
Red142 (55.7%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue190.32°
Saturation (HSL)69.92%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G DB · B EB

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