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Recognised as Colour

#8BDDCA

  • #8BDDCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8BDDCA is a cyan with RGB values 139, 221, 202 and HSL 166°, 55%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BDDCA#8BDDCA
HEX#8BDDCA
RGBrgb(139, 221, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8667, 0.7922
RGB percentages54.5%, 86.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(166.1, 54.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.1, 37.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK37.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,166,282
CSS custom property--colour: #8BDDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#742235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D4C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C9CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#70DFD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8B9E
Analogous#8BDDA1, #8BC7DD
Triadic#CA8BDD, #DDCA8B
Split complementary#DD8BC7, #DDA18B
Tetradic#A18BDD, #DD8B9E, #C7DD8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF4EE
Lighter +10%#B2E9DC
Darker −10%#64D1B8
Darker −20%#3CC6A6
Darker −30%#2FA086
Darker −40%#237965
More saturated +25%#78F0D4
Less saturated −25%#9ECAC0

Channel breakdown

R139
G221
B202
Red139 (54.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue166.1°
Saturation (HSL)54.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G DD · B CA

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