Colour

#8CD9B4

#8CD9B4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8CD9B4 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 217, 180 and HSL 151°, 50%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#8CD9B4

RGBrgb(140, 217, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.851, 0.7059

RGB percentages54.9%, 85.1%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(151.2, 50.3%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.2, 35.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK35.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,230,772

CSS custom property--colour: #8CD9B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#73264B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7CFB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC6B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7AD9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 14 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.7 Turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D98CB1

Analogous#8CD98D, #8CD8D9

Triadic#B48CD9, #D9B48C

Split complementary#D98CD7, #D98E8C

Tetradic#8E8CD9, #D98CB1, #D8D98C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9F2E6

Lighter +10%#B2E6CD

Darker −10%#66CC9B

Darker −20%#3FC082

Darker −30%#339968

Darker −40%#26734E

More saturated +25%#79ECB5

Less saturated −25%#9FC6B3

Channel breakdown

R140

G217

B180

Red140 (54.9%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue151.17°

Saturation (HSL)50.33%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G D9 · B B4

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Colour values

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