Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8EDCEB

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

#8EDCEB is a cyan with RGB values 142, 220, 235 and HSL 190°, 70%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8EDCEB#8EDCEB
HEX#8EDCEB
RGBrgb(142, 220, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8627, 0.9216
RGB percentages55.7%, 86.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(189.7, 69.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 39.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,362,667
CSS custom property--colour: #8EDCEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#712314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD7ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CBEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#67E3E0no 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 text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9D8E
Analogous#8EEBCB, #8EAEEB
Triadic#EB8EDC, #DCEB8E
Split complementary#EB8EAE, #EBCB8E
Tetradic#CB8EEB, #EB9D8E, #AEEB8E

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%#63CFE3
Darker −20%#37C1DC
Darker −30%#22A5BE
Darker −40%#1A7F93
More saturated +25%#7DE7FC
Less saturated −25%#9FD1DA

Channel breakdown

R142
G220
B235
Red142 (55.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue189.68°
Saturation (HSL)69.92%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G DC · B EB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8edceb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.