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Recognised as Colour

#8EE5E9

  • #8EE5E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8EE5E9 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 229, 233 and HSL 183°, 67%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8EE5E9#8EE5E9
HEX#8EE5E9
RGBrgb(142, 229, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.898, 0.9137
RGB percentages55.7%, 89.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(182.6, 67.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 39.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK39.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,364,969
CSS custom property--colour: #8EE5E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#711A16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADEE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#66EBE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9928E
Analogous#8EE9C0, #8EB7E9
Triadic#E98EE5, #E5E98E
Split complementary#E98EB7, #E9C08E
Tetradic#C08EE9, #E9928E, #B8E98E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F9FA
Lighter +10%#B9EFF1
Darker −10%#63DBE1
Darker −20%#39D1D8
Darker −30%#24B3BA
Darker −40%#1C8A8F
More saturated +25%#7DF4FA
Less saturated −25%#9FD6D8

Channel breakdown

R142
G229
B233
Red142 (55.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue182.64°
Saturation (HSL)67.41%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G E5 · B E9

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