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Recognised as Colour

#8EEEEE

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

#8EEEEE is a cyan with RGB values 142, 238, 238 and HSL 180°, 74%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8EEEEE#8EEEEE
HEX#8EEEEE
RGBrgb(142, 238, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9333, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.7%, 93.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(180, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.3%, 0%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,367,278
CSS custom property--colour: #8EEEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#711111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D9EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#62F4EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Turquoise · ΔE 18Light blue · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE8E8E
Analogous#8EEEBE, #8EBEEE
Triadic#EE8EEE, #EEEE8E
Split complementary#EE8EBE, #EEBE8E
Tetradic#BE8EEE, #EE8E8E, #BEEE8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7FBFB
Lighter +10%#BAF5F5
Darker −10%#62E7E7
Darker −20%#35E1E1
Darker −30%#1EC5C5
Darker −40%#179999
More saturated +25%#7EFEFE
Less saturated −25%#9EDEDE

Channel breakdown

R142
G238
B238
Red142 (55.7%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 8E · G EE · B EE

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