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Recognised as Colour

#8EEAC9

  • #8EEAC9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8EEAC9 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 234, 201 and HSL 158°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8EEAC9#8EEAC9
HEX#8EEAC9
RGBrgb(142, 234, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9176, 0.7882
RGB percentages55.7%, 91.8%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(158.5, 68.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.5, 39.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,366,217
CSS custom property--colour: #8EEAC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#711536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6DFC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D4CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#73EBE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.3Aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8EAF
Analogous#8EEA9B, #8EDDEA
Triadic#C98EEA, #EAC98E
Split complementary#EA8EDD, #EA9B8E
Tetradic#9B8EEA, #EA8EAF, #DDEA8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4FAF2
Lighter +10%#B9F2DE
Darker −10%#63E2B4
Darker −20%#38DAA0
Darker −30%#23BC85
Darker −40%#1B9167
More saturated +25%#7DFBCE
Less saturated −25%#9FD9C4

Channel breakdown

R142
G234
B201
Red142 (55.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue158.48°
Saturation (HSL)68.66%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G EA · B C9

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