Colour

#8BDAB3

#8BDAB3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8BDAB3 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 218, 179 and HSL 150°, 52%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#8BDAB3

RGBrgb(139, 218, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8549, 0.702

RGB percentages54.5%, 85.5%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(150.4, 51.6%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.4, 36.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK36.2%, 0%, 17.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,165,491

CSS custom property--colour: #8BDAB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#74254C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8CFB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBC6B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#79DACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.9 Turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21 Pale turquoise · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA8BB2

Analogous#8BDA8B, #8BDADA

Triadic#B38BDA, #DAB38B

Split complementary#DA8BDA, #DA8B8B

Tetradic#8B8BDA, #DA8BB2, #DADA8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D8F3E6

Lighter +10%#B2E6CC

Darker −10%#64CE9A

Darker −20%#3EC180

Darker −30%#319B67

Darker −40%#25744D

More saturated +25%#78EDB3

Less saturated −25%#9EC7B3

Channel breakdown

R139

G218

B179

Red139 (54.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue150.38°

Saturation (HSL)51.63%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G DA · B B3

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Colour values

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