Recognised as Colour

#8EEDD0

#8EEDD0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8EEDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 237, 208 and HSL 162°, 73%, 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

#8EEDD0#8EEDD0

HEX#8EEDD0

RGBrgb(142, 237, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9294, 0.8157

RGB percentages55.7%, 92.9%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(161.7, 72.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(161.7, 40.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK40.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,366,992

CSS custom property--colour: #8EEDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70873WCAG 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 15.17:1

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

Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#71122F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E2CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8D6D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#70EFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 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 text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7 Turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED8EAB

Analogous#8EEDA1, #8EDAED

Triadic#D08EED, #EDD08E

Split complementary#ED8EDA, #EDA18E

Tetradic#A18EED, #ED8EAB, #DBED8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6FBF5

Lighter +10%#BAF4E2

Darker −10%#62E6BE

Darker −20%#36DFAB

Darker −30%#1FC391

Darker −40%#189770

More saturated +25%#7EFDD6

Less saturated −25%#9EDDCA

Channel breakdown

R142

G237

B208

Red142 (55.7%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue161.68°

Saturation (HSL)72.52%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G ED · B D0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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