Colour

#8FDDED

#8FDDED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#8FDDED is a cyan with RGB values 143, 221, 237 and HSL 190°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8FDDED#8FDDED

HEX#8FDDED

RGBrgb(143, 221, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.8667, 0.9294

RGB percentages56.1%, 86.7%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(190.2, 72.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 39.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK39.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,428,461

CSS custom property--colour: #8FDDED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.73:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#702212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CCEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#68E4E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.1 Powder blue · ΔE 9.7 Light blue · ΔE 9.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED9F8F

Analogous#8FEDCE, #8FAEED

Triadic#ED8FDD, #DDED8F

Split complementary#ED8FAE, #EDCE8F

Tetradic#CE8FED, #ED9F8F, #AEED8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7F8FB

Lighter +10%#BBEAF4

Darker −10%#63D0E6

Darker −20%#37C2DF

Darker −30%#1FA8C4

Darker −40%#188298

More saturated +25%#7FE8FD

Less saturated −25%#9FD2DD

Channel breakdown

R143

G221

B237

Red143 (56.1%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue190.21°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8F · G DD · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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