Recognised as Colour

#8EDDEC

#8EDDEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8EDDEC is a cyan with RGB values 142, 221, 236 and HSL 190°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8EDDEC#8EDDEC

HEX#8EDDEC

RGBrgb(142, 221, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8667, 0.9255

RGB percentages55.7%, 86.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(189.6, 71.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 39.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK39.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,362,924

CSS custom property--colour: #8EDDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#712213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1CCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#66E4E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6 Powder blue · ΔE 9.8 Light blue · ΔE 10.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EC9D8E

Analogous#8EECCC, #8EAEEC

Triadic#EC8EDD, #DDEC8E

Split complementary#EC8EAE, #ECCC8E

Tetradic#CC8EEC, #EC9D8E, #AEEC8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5F7FB

Lighter +10%#BAEAF3

Darker −10%#62D0E5

Darker −20%#37C3DD

Darker −30%#20A7C1

Darker −40%#198195

More saturated +25%#7EE8FD

Less saturated −25%#9FD2DC

Channel breakdown

R142

G221

B236

Red142 (55.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue189.57°

Saturation (HSL)71.21%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G DD · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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