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Recognised as Colour

#8CEDC3

  • #8CEDC3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CEDC3 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 237, 195 and HSL 154°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CEDC3#8CEDC3
HEX#8CEDC3
RGBrgb(140, 237, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9294, 0.7647
RGB percentages54.9%, 92.9%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(154, 72.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154, 40.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK40.9%, 0%, 17.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,235,907
CSS custom property--colour: #8CEDC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#73123C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE1C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAD5C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Tritanopia#72EDE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 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 text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED8CB6
Analogous#8CED93, #8CE6ED
Triadic#C38CED, #EDC38C
Split complementary#ED8CE7, #ED938C
Tetradic#938CED, #ED8CB6, #E6ED8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4FBF1
Lighter +10%#B8F4DA
Darker −10%#60E6AC
Darker −20%#34DF95
Darker −30%#1EC27B
Darker −40%#17965F
More saturated +25%#7BFEC5
Less saturated −25%#9DDCC1

Channel breakdown

R140
G237
B195
Red140 (54.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue154.02°
Saturation (HSL)72.93%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G ED · B C3

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