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Recognised as Colour

#8FECEC

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

#8FECEC is a cyan with RGB values 143, 236, 236 and HSL 180°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8FECEC#8FECEC
HEX#8FECEC
RGBrgb(143, 236, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.9255, 0.9255
RGB percentages56.1%, 92.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(180, 71%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 39.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 0%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,432,300
CSS custom property--colour: #8FECEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#701313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#65F1ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 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 text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4Turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8F8F
Analogous#8FECBE, #8FBEEC
Triadic#EC8FEC, #ECEC8F
Split complementary#EC8FBE, #ECBE8F
Tetradic#BE8FEC, #EC8F8F, #BEEC8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6FBFB
Lighter +10%#BBF3F3
Darker −10%#63E5E5
Darker −20%#38DDDD
Darker −30%#21C1C1
Darker −40%#199696
More saturated +25%#7FFCFC
Less saturated −25%#9FDCDC

Channel breakdown

R143
G236
B236
Red143 (56.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)70.99%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 8F · G EC · B EC

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