Recognised as Colour

#8FECE3

#8FECE3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8FECE3 is a cyan with RGB values 143, 236, 227 and HSL 174°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#8FECE3

RGBrgb(143, 236, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.9255, 0.8902

RGB percentages56.1%, 92.5%, 89%

HSLhsl(174.2, 71%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 39.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK39.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,432,291

CSS custom property--colour: #8FECE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#70131C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E3E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D7E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6AF0E9no 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Powder blue · ΔE 16.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC8F98

Analogous#8FECB4, #8FC7EC

Triadic#E38FEC, #ECE38F

Split complementary#EC8FC7, #ECB48F

Tetradic#B48FEC, #EC8F98, #C7EC8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6FBF9

Lighter +10%#BBF3EE

Darker −10%#63E5D8

Darker −20%#38DDCD

Darker −30%#21C1B2

Darker −40%#19968A

More saturated +25%#7FFCF0

Less saturated −25%#9FDCD6

Channel breakdown

R143

G236

B227

Red143 (56.1%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue174.19°

Saturation (HSL)70.99%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8F · G EC · B E3

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