Recognised as Colour

#8EA69C

#8EA69C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#8EA69C is a cyan with RGB values 142, 166, 156 and HSL 155°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8EA69C#8EA69C

HEX#8EA69C

RGBrgb(142, 166, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.651, 0.6118

RGB percentages55.7%, 65.1%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(155, 11.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155, 14.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK14.5%, 0%, 6%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,348,764

CSS custom property--colour: #8EA69C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#715963

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A39Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09F9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#89A6A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4 Silver · ΔE 15.8 Gray · ΔE 16.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.7 Slate grey · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A68E98

Analogous#8EA690, #8EA4A6

Triadic#9C8EA6, #A69C8E

Split complementary#A68EA4, #A6908E

Tetradic#908EA6, #A68E98, #A4A68E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E9E7

Lighter +20%#C7D3CE

Lighter +10%#ABBCB5

Darker −10%#719083

Darker −20%#5B7369

Darker −30%#44574F

Darker −40%#2E3A35

More saturated +25%#75BFA0

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R142

G166

B156

Red142 (55.7%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue155°

Saturation (HSL)11.88%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G A6 · B 9C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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