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Recognised as Colour

#8BFCC5

  • #8BFCC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8BFCC5 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 252, 197 and HSL 151°, 95%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BFCC5#8BFCC5
HEX#8BFCC5
RGBrgb(139, 252, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9882, 0.7725
RGB percentages54.5%, 98.8%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(150.8, 95%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.8, 44.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK44.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,174,213
CSS custom property--colour: #8BFCC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.83:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#74033A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9EDC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E1C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6CFBEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 6.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6Light green · ΔE 21.1Pale green · ΔE 22.4Turquoise · ΔE 22.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC8BC2
Analogous#8BFC8C, #8BFBFC
Triadic#C58BFC, #FCC58B
Split complementary#FC8BFB, #FC8C8B
Tetradic#8C8BFC, #FC8BC2, #FBFC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFFF7
Lighter +10%#BDFDDE
Darker −10%#59FBAC
Darker −20%#28F993
Darker −30%#06E87A
Darker −40%#05B660
More saturated +25%#88FFC5
Less saturated −25%#9AEDC5

Channel breakdown

R139
G252
B197
Red139 (54.5%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue150.8°
Saturation (HSL)94.96%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G FC · B C5

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