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Recognised as Colour

#8EC8B9

  • #8EC8B9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#8EC8B9 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 200, 185 and HSL 164°, 35%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#8EC8B9#8EC8B9
HEX#8EC8B9
RGBrgb(142, 200, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7843, 0.7255
RGB percentages55.7%, 78.4%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(164.5, 34.5%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.5, 29%, 78.4%)
CMYK29%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,357,497
CSS custom property--colour: #8EC8B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#713746

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C1B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9B9BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7ECAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.2Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C88E9D
Analogous#8EC89C, #8EBAC8
Triadic#B98EC8, #C8B98E
Split complementary#C88EBA, #C89C8E
Tetradic#9C8EC8, #C88E9D, #BAC88E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAF9
Lighter +20%#D3E9E4
Lighter +10%#B0D9CE
Darker −10%#6CB7A4
Darker −20%#4FA18C
Darker −30%#3E7F6E
Darker −40%#2D5D51
More saturated +25%#79DDC3
Less saturated −25%#A3B3AF

Channel breakdown

R142
G200
B185
Red142 (55.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue164.48°
Saturation (HSL)34.52%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G C8 · B B9

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