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Recognised as Colour

#8AD9C2

  • #8AD9C2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8AD9C2 is a cyan with RGB values 138, 217, 194 and HSL 163°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8AD9C2#8AD9C2
HEX#8AD9C2
RGBrgb(138, 217, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.851, 0.7608
RGB percentages54.1%, 85.1%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(162.5, 51%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.5, 36.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK36.4%, 0%, 10.6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,099,714
CSS custom property--colour: #8AD9C2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#75263D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D0C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C6C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#72DBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6Turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9Powder blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D98AA1
Analogous#8AD99A, #8AC9D9
Triadic#C28AD9, #D9C28A
Split complementary#D98AC9, #D99B8A
Tetradic#9A8AD9, #D98AA1, #C9D98A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFFFE
Lighter +20%#D7F2EA
Lighter +10%#B0E6D6
Darker −10%#64CCAE
Darker −20%#3EBF99
Darker −30%#32987B
Darker −40%#25725C
More saturated +25%#77ECCA
Less saturated −25%#9DC6BA

Channel breakdown

R138
G217
B194
Red138 (54.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue162.53°
Saturation (HSL)50.97%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G D9 · B C2

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