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Recognised as Colour

#8EF0FC

  • #8EF0FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8EF0FC is a cyan with RGB values 142, 240, 252 and HSL 187°, 95%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8EF0FC#8EF0FC
HEX#8EF0FC
RGBrgb(142, 240, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9412, 0.9882
RGB percentages55.7%, 94.1%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(186.5, 94.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 43.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK43.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,367,804
CSS custom property--colour: #8EF0FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#710F03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E9FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#58F7F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 14Light blue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1
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#FC9A8E
Analogous#8EFCD1, #8EB9FC
Triadic#FC8EF0, #F0FC8E
Split complementary#FC8EB9, #FCD18E
Tetradic#D18EFC, #FC9A8E, #B9FC8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FDFF
Lighter +10%#C0F7FD
Darker −10%#5CE9FB
Darker −20%#2BE3F9
Darker −30%#06D2EB
Darker −40%#05A5B9
More saturated +25%#8BF2FF
Less saturated −25%#9DE5EE

Channel breakdown

R142
G240
B252
Red142 (55.7%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue186.55°
Saturation (HSL)94.83%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G F0 · B FC

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