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Colour

#8BCAAC

  • #8BCAAC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8BCAAC is a cyan with RGB values 139, 202, 172 and HSL 151°, 37%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#8BCAAC#8BCAAC
HEX#8BCAAC
RGBrgb(139, 202, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7922, 0.6745
RGB percentages54.5%, 79.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(151.4, 37.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.4, 31.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK31.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 20.8%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,161,388
CSS custom property--colour: #8BCAAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.14:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#743553

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#C8C1AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDBAAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7DCAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#CA8BA9
Analogous#8BCA8D, #8BC8CA
Triadic#AC8BCA, #CAAC8B
Split complementary#CA8BC9, #CA8D8B
Tetradic#8C8BCA, #CA8BA9, #C8CA8B

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FAF7
Lighter +20%#D1EADE
Lighter +10%#AEDAC5
Darker −10%#68BA93
Darker −20%#4BA47A
Darker −30%#3B8160
Darker −40%#2B5E46
More saturated +25%#76DFAD
Less saturated −25%#A0B5AB

Channel breakdown

R139
G202
B172
Red139 (54.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue151.43°
Saturation (HSL)37.28%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G CA · B AC

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