Colour

#8CECC8

#8CECC8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CECC8 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 236, 200 and HSL 158°, 72%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CECC8#8CECC8

HEX#8CECC8

RGBrgb(140, 236, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9255, 0.7843

RGB percentages54.9%, 92.5%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(157.5, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.5, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK40.7%, 0%, 15.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,235,656

CSS custom property--colour: #8CECC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#731337

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E0C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8D5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#70EDE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.3 Turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC8CB0

Analogous#8CEC98, #8CE0EC

Triadic#C88CEC, #ECC88C

Split complementary#EC8CE0, #EC988C

Tetradic#988CEC, #EC8CB0, #E0EC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4FAF2

Lighter +10%#B8F3DD

Darker −10%#60E5B3

Darker −20%#34DE9E

Darker −30%#20BF83

Darker −40%#189465

More saturated +25%#7BFDCC

Less saturated −25%#9DDBC4

Channel breakdown

R140

G236

B200

Red140 (54.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue157.5°

Saturation (HSL)71.64%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G EC · B C8

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Colour values

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