Colour

#8BE9D7

#8BE9D7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#8BE9D7 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 233, 215 and HSL 169°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#8BE9D7#8BE9D7

HEX#8BE9D7

RGBrgb(139, 233, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9137, 0.8431

RGB percentages54.5%, 91.4%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(168.5, 68.1%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 40.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK40.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,169,367

CSS custom property--colour: #8BE9D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.73:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#741628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2DFD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D3D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#69ECE3no 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 text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E98B9D

Analogous#8BE9A8, #8BCCE9

Triadic#D78BE9, #E9D78B

Split complementary#E98BCC, #E9A88B

Tetradic#A88BE9, #E98B9D, #CCE98B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1F9F5

Lighter +10%#B6F1E6

Darker −10%#60E1C8

Darker −20%#35D9B9

Darker −30%#23B89C

Darker −40%#1B8D77

More saturated +25%#7AFAE2

Less saturated −25%#9CD8CC

Channel breakdown

R139

G233

B215

Red139 (54.5%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue168.51°

Saturation (HSL)68.12%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G E9 · B D7

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