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Recognised as Colour

#8BE2DA

  • #8BE2DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE2DA is a cyan with RGB values 139, 226, 218 and HSL 174°, 60%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE2DA#8BE2DA
HEX#8BE2DA
RGBrgb(139, 226, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8863, 0.8549
RGB percentages54.5%, 88.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(174.5, 60%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 38.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK38.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,167,578
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE2DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.99:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#741D25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D9DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACEDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#69E6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E28B93
Analogous#8BE2AF, #8BBEE2
Triadic#DA8BE2, #E2DA8B
Split complementary#E28BBE, #E2AE8B
Tetradic#AF8BE2, #E28B93, #BFE28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDF6F4
Lighter +10%#B4ECE7
Darker −10%#62D8CD
Darker −20%#39CEC0
Darker −30%#2AAA9E
Darker −40%#208178
More saturated +25%#79F4E9
Less saturated −25%#9DD0CB

Channel breakdown

R139
G226
B218
Red139 (54.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue174.48°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G E2 · B DA

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