Recognised as Colour

#8DEECC

#8DEECC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8DEECC is a cyan with RGB values 141, 238, 204 and HSL 159°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8DEECC#8DEECC

HEX#8DEECC

RGBrgb(141, 238, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.9333, 0.8

RGB percentages55.3%, 93.3%, 80%

HSLhsl(159, 74%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159, 40.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK40.8%, 0%, 14.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,301,708

CSS custom property--colour: #8DEECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#721133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9E2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#70EFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1 Turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE8DAF

Analogous#8DEE9C, #8DE0EE

Triadic#CC8DEE, #EECC8D

Split complementary#EE8DE0, #EE9B8D

Tetradic#9B8DEE, #EE8DAF, #E0EE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6FBF4

Lighter +10%#B9F5E0

Darker −10%#61E7B8

Darker −20%#34E1A4

Darker −30%#1DC58A

Darker −40%#17986B

More saturated +25%#7DFED1

Less saturated −25%#9DDEC7

Channel breakdown

R141

G238

B204

Red141 (55.3%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue158.97°

Saturation (HSL)74.05%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8D · G EE · B CC

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Colour values

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