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Recognised as Colour

#8AEDC8

  • #8AEDC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8AEDC8 is a cyan with RGB values 138, 237, 200 and HSL 158°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8AEDC8#8AEDC8
HEX#8AEDC8
RGBrgb(138, 237, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.9294, 0.7843
RGB percentages54.1%, 92.9%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(157.6, 73.3%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.6, 41.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK41.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,104,840
CSS custom property--colour: #8AEDC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#751237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E1C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9D5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6CEEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 20Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED8AAF
Analogous#8AED96, #8AE1ED
Triadic#C88AED, #EDC88A
Split complementary#ED8AE1, #ED978A
Tetradic#968AED, #ED8AAF, #E1ED8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2FBF2
Lighter +10%#B6F4DD
Darker −10%#5EE6B3
Darker −20%#32DF9E
Darker −30%#1EC084
Darker −40%#179465
More saturated +25%#79FECC
Less saturated −25%#9BDCC4

Channel breakdown

R138
G237
B200
Red138 (54.1%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue157.58°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G ED · B C8

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