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Recognised as Colour

#8BE1D8

  • #8BE1D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE1D8 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 225, 216 and HSL 174°, 59%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE1D8#8BE1D8
HEX#8BE1D8
RGBrgb(139, 225, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8824, 0.8471
RGB percentages54.5%, 88.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(173.7, 58.9%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 38.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK38.2%, 0%, 4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,167,320
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE1D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#741E27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D8D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CDD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6AE5DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E18B94
Analogous#8BE1AD, #8BBFE1
Triadic#D88BE1, #E1D88B
Split complementary#E18BBF, #E1AD8B
Tetradic#AD8BE1, #E18B94, #BFE18B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCF6F3
Lighter +10%#B4EBE6
Darker −10%#62D7CA
Darker −20%#3ACCBD
Darker −30%#2BA89B
Darker −40%#217F75
More saturated +25%#79F3E6
Less saturated −25%#9DCFCA

Channel breakdown

R139
G225
B216
Red139 (54.5%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue173.72°
Saturation (HSL)58.9%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G E1 · B D8

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