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Recognised as Colour

#8BD5CE

  • #8BD5CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BD5CE is a cyan with RGB values 139, 213, 206 and HSL 174°, 47%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BD5CE#8BD5CE
HEX#8BD5CE
RGBrgb(139, 213, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8353, 0.8078
RGB percentages54.5%, 83.5%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(174.3, 46.8%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 34.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK34.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,164,238
CSS custom property--colour: #8BD5CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#742A31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDCECEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C4CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#70D8D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 12.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 15.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19Dark turquoise · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D58B92
Analogous#8BD5A9, #8BB7D5
Triadic#CE8BD5, #D5CE8B
Split complementary#D58BB7, #D5A98B
Tetradic#A98BD5, #D58B92, #B7D58B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFEFD
Lighter +20%#D6F0EE
Lighter +10%#B0E3DE
Darker −10%#66C7BE
Darker −20%#42B8AC
Darker −30%#359289
Darker −40%#276D66
More saturated +25%#77E9DE
Less saturated −25%#9FC1BE

Channel breakdown

R139
G213
B206
Red139 (54.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue174.32°
Saturation (HSL)46.84%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G D5 · B CE

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