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Recognised as Colour

#8BF6C9

  • #8BF6C9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8BF6C9 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 246, 201 and HSL 155°, 86%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BF6C9#8BF6C9
HEX#8BF6C9
RGBrgb(139, 246, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9647, 0.7882
RGB percentages54.5%, 96.5%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(154.8, 85.6%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 43.5%, 96.5%)
CMYK43.5%, 0%, 18.3%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,172,681
CSS custom property--colour: #8BF6C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.12:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#740936

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E9C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1DDCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6CF6E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 5.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.3Light green · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F68BB8
Analogous#8BF693, #8BEEF6
Triadic#C98BF6, #F6C98B
Split complementary#F68BEE, #F6938B
Tetradic#938BF6, #F68BB8, #EEF68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAFDF5
Lighter +10%#BAFADF
Darker −10%#5CF2B3
Darker −20%#2CEF9D
Darker −30%#11D784
Darker −40%#0DA867
More saturated +25%#82FFCA
Less saturated −25%#9BE6C7

Channel breakdown

R139
G246
B201
Red139 (54.5%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue154.77°
Saturation (HSL)85.6%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G F6 · B C9

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