Recognised as Colour

#8ECBAE

#8ECBAE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8ECBAE is a cyan with RGB values 142, 203, 174 and HSL 151°, 37%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#8ECBAE

RGBrgb(142, 203, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7961, 0.6824

RGB percentages55.7%, 79.6%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(151.5, 37%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.5, 30%, 79.6%)

CMYK30%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,358,254

CSS custom property--colour: #8ECBAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#713451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9C2ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEBBB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Tritanopia#81CBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.9 Powder blue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CB8EAB

Analogous#8ECB90, #8EC9CB

Triadic#AE8ECB, #CBAE8E

Split complementary#CB8EC9, #CB908E

Tetradic#908ECB, #CB8EAB, #C9CB8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7FBF9

Lighter +20%#D4EBE0

Lighter +10%#B1DBC7

Darker −10%#6BBB95

Darker −20%#4DA67C

Darker −30%#3D8362

Darker −40%#2C6148

More saturated +25%#79E0AF

Less saturated −25%#A3B6AD

Channel breakdown

R142

G203

B174

Red142 (55.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue151.48°

Saturation (HSL)36.97%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G CB · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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