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Recognised as Colour

#8CFDD9

  • #8CFDD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CFDD9 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 253, 217 and HSL 161°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CFDD9#8CFDD9
HEX#8CFDD9
RGBrgb(140, 253, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9922, 0.851
RGB percentages54.9%, 99.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(160.9, 96.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.9, 44.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK44.7%, 0%, 14.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,240,025
CSS custom property--colour: #8CFDD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.17:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#730226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7F0D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E3DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Tritanopia#65FFF2no 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 text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 5.6Turquoise · ΔE 16Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 22Aqua · ΔE 22.7Cyan · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8CB0
Analogous#8CFDA0, #8CE9FD
Triadic#D98CFD, #FDD98C
Split complementary#FD8CE9, #FDA08C
Tetradic#A08CFD, #FD8CB0, #E9FD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0FFFA
Lighter +10%#BEFEEA
Darker −10%#5AFCC8
Darker −20%#28FBB8
Darker −30%#04ECA2
Darker −40%#03BA80
More saturated +25%#8AFFDA
Less saturated −25%#9BEED4

Channel breakdown

R140
G253
B217
Red140 (54.9%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue160.88°
Saturation (HSL)96.58%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G FD · B D9

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