Colour

#8EEFE2

#8EEFE2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8EEFE2 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 239, 226 and HSL 172°, 75%, 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

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HEX#8EEFE2

RGBrgb(142, 239, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9373, 0.8863

RGB percentages55.7%, 93.7%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(172, 75.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172, 40.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK40.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,367,522

CSS custom property--colour: #8EEFE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.59:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#71101D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E5E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5D9E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Tritanopia#68F3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.1 Powder blue · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF8E9B

Analogous#8EEFB1, #8ECCEF

Triadic#E28EEF, #EFE28E

Split complementary#EF8ECC, #EFB28E

Tetradic#B18EEF, #EF8E9B, #CCEF8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7FCF9

Lighter +10%#BBF5ED

Darker −10%#61E9D7

Darker −20%#35E2CB

Darker −30%#1CC8B1

Darker −40%#169B89

More saturated +25%#7EFFEE

Less saturated −25%#9EDFD6

Channel breakdown

R142

G239

B226

Red142 (55.7%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue171.96°

Saturation (HSL)75.19%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G EF · B E2

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