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Recognised as Colour

#8EDDFF

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

#8EDDFF is a cyan with RGB values 142, 221, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8EDDFF#8EDDFF
HEX#8EDDFF
RGBrgb(142, 221, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8667, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 86.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.1, 100%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 44.3%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,362,943
CSS custom property--colour: #8EDDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#712200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBDAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACDFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5BE7E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB08E
Analogous#8EFFE9, #8EA5FF
Triadic#FF8EDD, #DDFF8E
Split complementary#FF8EA5, #FFE98E
Tetradic#E98EFF, #FFB08E, #A4FF8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4FCFF
Lighter +10%#C1ECFF
Darker −10%#5BCEFF
Darker −20%#28BEFF
Darker −30%#00ABF4
Darker −40%#0087C1
More saturated +25%#8EDDFF
Less saturated −25%#9CD7F1

Channel breakdown

R142
G221
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G DD · B FF

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