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Recognised as Colour

#8EEAE9

  • #8EEAE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8EEAE9 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 234, 233 and HSL 179°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8EEAE9#8EEAE9
HEX#8EEAE9
RGBrgb(142, 234, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9176, 0.9137
RGB percentages55.7%, 91.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(179.3, 68.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 39.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,366,249
CSS custom property--colour: #8EEAE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.1:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#711516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE2E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#65EFE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 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 text15.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 17.4Turquoise · ΔE 18Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8E8F
Analogous#8EEABB, #8EBDEA
Triadic#E98EEA, #EAE98E
Split complementary#EA8EBD, #EABB8E
Tetradic#BB8EEA, #EA8E8F, #BDEA8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4FAFA
Lighter +10%#B9F2F1
Darker −10%#63E2E1
Darker −20%#38DAD8
Darker −30%#23BCBA
Darker −40%#1B9190
More saturated +25%#7DFBF9
Less saturated −25%#9FD9D9

Channel breakdown

R142
G234
B233
Red142 (55.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue179.35°
Saturation (HSL)68.66%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G EA · B E9

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