Recognised as Colour

#8BEED9

#8BEED9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#8BEED9 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 238, 217 and HSL 167°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#8BEED9

RGBrgb(139, 238, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9333, 0.851

RGB percentages54.5%, 93.3%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(167.3, 74.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.3, 41.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK41.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,170,649

CSS custom property--colour: #8BEED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.33:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#741126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E3D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6D7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#67F1E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE8BA0

Analogous#8BEEA8, #8BD2EE

Triadic#D98BEE, #EED98B

Split complementary#EE8BD2, #EEA78B

Tetradic#A78BEE, #EE8BA0, #D2EE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4FBF6

Lighter +10%#B7F5E8

Darker −10%#5FE7CA

Darker −20%#32E1BC

Darker −30%#1DC3A0

Darker −40%#16977C

More saturated +25%#7AFFE3

Less saturated −25%#9CDDCF

Channel breakdown

R139

G238

B217

Red139 (54.5%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue167.27°

Saturation (HSL)74.44%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G EE · B D9

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