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Recognised as Colour

#8CFFE2

  • #8CFFE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CFFE2 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 255, 226 and HSL 165°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CFFE2#8CFFE2
HEX#8CFFE2
RGBrgb(140, 255, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 1, 0.8863
RGB percentages54.9%, 100%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(164.9, 100%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.9, 45.1%, 100%)
CMYK45.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,240,546
CSS custom property--colour: #8CFFE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#73001D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8F2E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E5E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Tritanopia#60FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.6Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8Aqua · ΔE 19.9Cyan · ΔE 19.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8CA9
Analogous#8CFFA9, #8CE3FF
Triadic#E28CFF, #FFE28C
Split complementary#FF8CE3, #FFA98C
Tetradic#A88CFF, #FF8CA9, #E3FF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FFFC
Lighter +10%#BFFFEF
Darker −10%#59FFD5
Darker −20%#26FFC8
Darker −30%#00F2B5
Darker −40%#00BF8F
More saturated +25%#8CFFE2
Less saturated −25%#9AF1DB

Channel breakdown

R140
G255
B226
Red140 (54.9%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue164.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G FF · B E2

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