Recognised as Colour
#80D8AE
- #80D8AE
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium aquamarine
#80D8AE is a cyan with RGB values 128, 216, 174 and HSL 151°, 53%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.
Colour values
#80D8AE#80D8AE
HEX#80D8AE
RGBrgb(128, 216, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.8471, 0.6824
RGB percentages50.2%, 84.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(151.4, 53%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.4, 40.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK40.7%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,444,078
CSS custom property--colour: #80D8AE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.56757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#7F2751
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D880AA
Analogous#80D882, #80D6D8
Triadic#AE80D8, #D8AE80
Split complementary#D880D6, #D88280
Tetradic#8280D8, #D880AA, #D6D880
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R128
G216
B174
Red128 (50.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue151.36°
Saturation (HSL)53.01%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 80 · G D8 · B AE
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