Recognised as Colour

#8CEDD0

#8CEDD0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CEDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 237, 208 and HSL 162°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CEDD0#8CEDD0

HEX#8CEDD0

RGBrgb(140, 237, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9294, 0.8157

RGB percentages54.9%, 92.9%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(162.1, 72.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.1, 40.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK40.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,235,920

CSS custom property--colour: #8CEDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#73122F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E2CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D6D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#6DEFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5 Turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED8CA9

Analogous#8CEDA0, #8CD9ED

Triadic#D08CED, #EDD08C

Split complementary#ED8CD9, #EDA08C

Tetradic#A08CED, #ED8CA9, #D9ED8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4FBF4

Lighter +10%#B8F4E2

Darker −10%#60E6BE

Darker −20%#34DFAC

Darker −30%#1EC291

Darker −40%#179670

More saturated +25%#7BFED7

Less saturated −25%#9DDCC9

Channel breakdown

R140

G237

B208

Red140 (54.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue162.06°

Saturation (HSL)72.93%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G ED · B D0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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