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Recognised as Colour

#8CF9C8

  • #8CF9C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CF9C8 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 249, 200 and HSL 153°, 90%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CF9C8#8CF9C8
HEX#8CF9C8
RGBrgb(140, 249, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9765, 0.7843
RGB percentages54.9%, 97.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(153, 90.1%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153, 43.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK43.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,238,984
CSS custom property--colour: #8CF9C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#730637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6EBC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5DFCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6DF9EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 5.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 20.2Light green · ΔE 23.8Pale green · ΔE 25.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F98CBD
Analogous#8CF991, #8CF3F9
Triadic#C88CF9, #F9C88C
Split complementary#F98CF3, #F9918C
Tetradic#928CF9, #F98CBD, #F3F98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDFEF6
Lighter +10%#BCFCDF
Darker −10%#5CF6B1
Darker −20%#2BF49A
Darker −30%#0CE081
Darker −40%#09B065
More saturated +25%#86FFC9
Less saturated −25%#9BEAC6

Channel breakdown

R140
G249
B200
Red140 (54.9%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue153.03°
Saturation (HSL)90.08%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G F9 · B C8

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