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Recognised as Colour

#8BFDDD

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

#8BFDDD is a cyan with RGB values 139, 253, 221 and HSL 163°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BFDDD#8BFDDD
HEX#8BFDDD
RGBrgb(139, 253, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9922, 0.8667
RGB percentages54.5%, 99.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(163.2, 96.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.2, 45.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK45.1%, 0%, 12.6%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,174,493
CSS custom property--colour: #8BFDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#740222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6F0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#61FFF3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6Aqua · ΔE 21Cyan · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8BAB
Analogous#8BFDA4, #8BE4FD
Triadic#DD8BFD, #FDDD8B
Split complementary#FD8BE4, #FDA48B
Tetradic#A48BFD, #FD8BAB, #E4FD8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFFFFA
Lighter +10%#BDFEEC
Darker −10%#59FCCE
Darker −20%#27FBC0
Darker −30%#04EBAA
Darker −40%#03B986
More saturated +25%#89FFDE
Less saturated −25%#9AEED7

Channel breakdown

R139
G253
B221
Red139 (54.5%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue163.16°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G FD · B DD

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