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Recognised as Colour

#8EDEF0

  • #8EDEF0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8EDEF0 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 222, 240 and HSL 191°, 77%, 75%. 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

#8EDEF0#8EDEF0
HEX#8EDEF0
RGBrgb(142, 222, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8706, 0.9412
RGB percentages55.7%, 87.1%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(191, 76.6%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 40.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK40.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,363,184
CSS custom property--colour: #8EDEF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#71210F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D9F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CDF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#64E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0A08E
Analogous#8EF0D1, #8EADF0
Triadic#F08EDE, #DEF08E
Split complementary#F08EAD, #F0D18E
Tetradic#D18EF0, #F0A08E, #ADF08E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F8FC
Lighter +10%#BBEBF6
Darker −10%#61D1EA
Darker −20%#34C4E4
Darker −30%#1BAACA
Darker −40%#15849D
More saturated +25%#7FE7FF
Less saturated −25%#9ED4E0

Channel breakdown

R142
G222
B240
Red142 (55.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue191.02°
Saturation (HSL)76.56%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G DE · B F0

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