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Recognised as Colour

#8BECCC

  • #8BECCC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8BECCC is a cyan with RGB values 139, 236, 204 and HSL 160°, 72%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BECCC#8BECCC
HEX#8BECCC
RGBrgb(139, 236, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9255, 0.8
RGB percentages54.5%, 92.5%, 80%
HSLhsl(160.2, 71.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 41.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK41.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,170,124
CSS custom property--colour: #8BECCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#741333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E0CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D5CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6DEDE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 21Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8BAB
Analogous#8BEC9C, #8BDBEC
Triadic#CC8BEC, #ECCC8B
Split complementary#EC8BDB, #EC9C8B
Tetradic#9C8BEC, #EC8BAB, #DCEC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3FAF3
Lighter +10%#B7F3DF
Darker −10%#5FE5B9
Darker −20%#33DEA5
Darker −30%#1FBF8A
Darker −40%#18936A
More saturated +25%#7AFDD2
Less saturated −25%#9CDBC6

Channel breakdown

R139
G236
B204
Red139 (54.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue160.21°
Saturation (HSL)71.85%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G EC · B CC

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