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Recognised as Colour

#8BAEAB

  • #8BAEAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#8BAEAB is a cyan with RGB values 139, 174, 171 and HSL 175°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#8BAEAB#8BAEAB
HEX#8BAEAB
RGBrgb(139, 174, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6824, 0.6706
RGB percentages54.5%, 68.2%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(174.9, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK20.1%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,154,219
CSS custom property--colour: #8BAEAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#745154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAAABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A5ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#81B0ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.7Silver · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 17.8Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Powder blue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8B8E
Analogous#8BAE9A, #8BA0AE
Triadic#AB8BAE, #AEAB8B
Split complementary#AE8BA0, #AE9A8B
Tetradic#9A8BAE, #AE8B8E, #A0AE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5EDEC
Lighter +20%#C7D8D6
Lighter +10%#A9C3C1
Darker −10%#6D9995
Darker −20%#577C79
Darker −30%#425E5C
Darker −40%#2D403F
More saturated +25%#72C7BF
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R139
G174
B171
Red139 (54.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue174.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G AE · B AB

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