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Recognised as Colour

#8ADDB9

  • #8ADDB9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8ADDB9 is a cyan with RGB values 138, 221, 185 and HSL 154°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8ADDB9#8ADDB9
HEX#8ADDB9
RGBrgb(138, 221, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.8667, 0.7255
RGB percentages54.1%, 86.7%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(154, 55%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154, 37.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK37.6%, 0%, 16.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,100,729
CSS custom property--colour: #8ADDB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#752246

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD2B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCC8BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#75DDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.4Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.1Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8AAE
Analogous#8ADD8F, #8AD7DD
Triadic#B98ADD, #DDB98A
Split complementary#DD8AD7, #DD8F8A
Tetradic#8F8ADD, #DD8AAE, #D8DD8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F4E8
Lighter +10%#B2E8D1
Darker −10%#62D2A1
Darker −20%#3BC68A
Darker −30%#2EA06F
Darker −40%#237853
More saturated +25%#77F0BC
Less saturated −25%#9DCAB6

Channel breakdown

R138
G221
B185
Red138 (54.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue153.98°
Saturation (HSL)54.97%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G DD · B B9

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