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Recognised as Colour

#8EE9F8

  • #8EE9F8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8EE9F8 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 233, 248 and HSL 188°, 88%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8EE9F8#8EE9F8
HEX#8EE9F8
RGBrgb(142, 233, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9137, 0.9725
RGB percentages55.7%, 91.4%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(188.5, 88.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 42.7%, 97.3%)
CMYK42.7%, 6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,366,008
CSS custom property--colour: #8EE9F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#711607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE3F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D5F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5DF1EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F89D8E
Analogous#8EF8D2, #8EB4F8
Triadic#F88EE9, #E9F88E
Split complementary#F88EB4, #F8D28E
Tetradic#D28EF8, #F89D8E, #B4F88E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFCFE
Lighter +10%#BEF2FB
Darker −10%#5EE0F5
Darker −20%#2ED6F2
Darker −30%#0EC2DF
Darker −40%#0B98AF
More saturated +25%#87EEFF
Less saturated −25%#9DDEE9

Channel breakdown

R142
G233
B248
Red142 (55.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue188.49°
Saturation (HSL)88.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G E9 · B F8

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