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Recognised as Colour

#8BE6DC

  • #8BE6DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8BE6DC is a cyan with RGB values 139, 230, 220 and HSL 173°, 65%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE6DC#8BE6DC
HEX#8BE6DC
RGBrgb(139, 230, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.902, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.5%, 90.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(173.4, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,168,604
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE6DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.45:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#741923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#67EAE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Turquoise · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 16Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68B95
Analogous#8BE6AE, #8BC3E6
Triadic#DC8BE6, #E6DC8B
Split complementary#E68BC3, #E6AE8B
Tetradic#AE8BE6, #E68B95, #C3E68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF8F5
Lighter +10%#B5EFE9
Darker −10%#61DDCF
Darker −20%#37D4C3
Darker −30%#26B2A2
Darker −40%#1D887C
More saturated +25%#79F8EA
Less saturated −25%#9DD4CE

Channel breakdown

R139
G230
B220
Red139 (54.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue173.41°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G E6 · B DC

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