Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8BB2AF

  • #8BB2AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#8BB2AF is a cyan with RGB values 139, 178, 175 and HSL 175°, 20%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#8BB2AF#8BB2AF
HEX#8BB2AF
RGBrgb(139, 178, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.698, 0.6863
RGB percentages54.5%, 69.8%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(175.4, 20.2%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 21.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK21.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,155,247
CSS custom property--colour: #8BB2AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.08:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#744D50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADAEAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7FB4B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 14Silver · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 16.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B28B8E
Analogous#8BB29C, #8BA1B2
Triadic#AF8BB2, #B2AF8B
Split complementary#B28BA1, #B29C8B
Tetradic#9C8BB2, #B28B8E, #A2B28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EFEE
Lighter +20%#C8DBD9
Lighter +10%#AAC6C4
Darker −10%#6C9E9A
Darker −20%#56817E
Darker −30%#416360
Darker −40%#2D4442
More saturated +25%#73CAC3
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R139
G178
B175
Red139 (54.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue175.38°
Saturation (HSL)20.21%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G B2 · B AF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8bb2af” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.