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Recognised as Colour

#8BEAC6

  • #8BEAC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8BEAC6 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 234, 198 and HSL 157°, 69%, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BEAC6#8BEAC6
HEX#8BEAC6
RGBrgb(139, 234, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9176, 0.7765
RGB percentages54.5%, 91.8%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(157.3, 69.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.3, 40.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK40.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,169,606
CSS custom property--colour: #8BEAC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#741539

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6DEC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D3C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6FEBE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 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 text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7Aquamarine · ΔE 11Turquoise · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 21Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8BAF
Analogous#8BEA97, #8BDEEA
Triadic#C68BEA, #EAC68B
Split complementary#EA8BDE, #EA978B
Tetradic#978BEA, #EA8BAF, #DEEA8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1FAF0
Lighter +10%#B6F2DB
Darker −10%#60E2B1
Darker −20%#35DA9C
Darker −30%#22BA80
Darker −40%#1A8F63
More saturated +25%#7AFBCA
Less saturated −25%#9CD9C2

Channel breakdown

R139
G234
B198
Red139 (54.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue157.26°
Saturation (HSL)69.34%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G EA · B C6

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