Recognised as Colour

#8EDFEE

#8EDFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#8EDFEE is a cyan with RGB values 142, 223, 238 and HSL 189°, 74%, 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 Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8EDFEE

RGBrgb(142, 223, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8745, 0.9333

RGB percentages55.7%, 87.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(189.4, 73.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.4, 40.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK40.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,363,438

CSS custom property--colour: #8EDFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.2 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#712011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2CDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#65E6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 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

Powder blue · ΔE 10.1 Sky blue · ΔE 10.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Light blue · ΔE 10.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE9D8E

Analogous#8EEECD, #8EAFEE

Triadic#EE8EDF, #DFEE8E

Split complementary#EE8EAF, #EECD8E

Tetradic#CD8EEE, #EE9D8E, #AFEE8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7F8FB

Lighter +10%#BAECF5

Darker −10%#62D2E7

Darker −20%#35C6E1

Darker −30%#1EABC5

Darker −40%#178599

More saturated +25%#7EEAFE

Less saturated −25%#9ED4DE

Channel breakdown

R142

G223

B238

Red142 (55.7%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue189.38°

Saturation (HSL)73.85%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G DF · B EE

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