Colour

#8BF2E3

#8BF2E3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#8BF2E3 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 242, 227 and HSL 171°, 80%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#8BF2E3

RGBrgb(139, 242, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.949, 0.8902

RGB percentages54.5%, 94.9%, 89%

HSLhsl(171.3, 79.8%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 42.6%, 94.9%)

CMYK42.6%, 0%, 6.2%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,171,683

CSS custom property--colour: #8BF2E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#740D1C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9E8E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#61F6EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7 Aqua · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F28B9A

Analogous#8BF2B0, #8BCDF2

Triadic#E38BF2, #F2E38B

Split complementary#F28BCD, #F2B08B

Tetradic#B08BF2, #F28B9A, #CEF28B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7FCF9

Lighter +10%#B9F7EE

Darker −10%#5DEDD8

Darker −20%#2FE8CD

Darker −30%#17CDB3

Darker −40%#129F8B

More saturated +25%#7EFFEC

Less saturated −25%#9BE2D8

Channel breakdown

R139

G242

B227

Red139 (54.5%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue171.26°

Saturation (HSL)79.84%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G F2 · B E3

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