Recognised as Colour

#8AE6D2

#8AE6D2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8AE6D2 is a cyan with RGB values 138, 230, 210 and HSL 167°, 65%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8AE6D2#8AE6D2

HEX#8AE6D2

RGBrgb(138, 230, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.902, 0.8235

RGB percentages54.1%, 90.2%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(167, 64.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167, 40%, 90.2%)

CMYK40%, 0%, 8.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,103,058

CSS custom property--colour: #8AE6D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.33:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#75192D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFDCD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D0D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#6AE9E0no 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 text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E68A9E

Analogous#8AE6A4, #8ACCE6

Triadic#D28AE6, #E6D28A

Split complementary#E68ACC, #E6A48A

Tetradic#A48AE6, #E68A9E, #CCE68A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEF8F2

Lighter +10%#B4EFE2

Darker −10%#60DDC2

Darker −20%#36D4B2

Darker −30%#26B193

Darker −40%#1D8770

More saturated +25%#78F8DC

Less saturated −25%#9CD4C8

Channel breakdown

R138

G230

B210

Red138 (54.1%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue166.96°

Saturation (HSL)64.79%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G E6 · B D2

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