Colour

#8BFFE9

#8BFFE9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8BFFE9 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 255, 233 and HSL 169°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8BFFE9#8BFFE9

HEX#8BFFE9

RGBrgb(139, 255, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 1, 0.9137

RGB percentages54.5%, 100%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(168.6, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.6, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK45.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,175,017

CSS custom property--colour: #8BFFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.58:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#740016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F3E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5AFFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12 Turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Aqua · ΔE 17.6 Cyan · ΔE 17.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF8BA1

Analogous#8BFFAF, #8BDBFF

Triadic#E98BFF, #FFE98B

Split complementary#FF8BDB, #FFAF8B

Tetradic#AF8BFF, #FF8BA1, #DBFF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1FFFC

Lighter +10%#BEFFF3

Darker −10%#58FFDF

Darker −20%#25FFD6

Darker −30%#00F1C3

Darker −40%#00BE9A

More saturated +25%#8BFFE9

Less saturated −25%#9AF1E0

Channel breakdown

R139

G255

B233

Red139 (54.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue168.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G FF · B E9

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