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Recognised as Colour

#8EFCE3

  • #8EFCE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8EFCE3 is a cyan with RGB values 142, 252, 227 and HSL 166°, 95%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8EFCE3#8EFCE3
HEX#8EFCE3
RGBrgb(142, 252, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.9882, 0.8902
RGB percentages55.7%, 98.8%, 89%
HSLhsl(166.4, 94.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.4, 43.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK43.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,370,851
CSS custom property--colour: #8EFCE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.18:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#71031C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F0E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#64FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.1Turquoise · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5Aqua · ΔE 19.5Cyan · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)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#FC8EA7
Analogous#8EFCAC, #8EDEFC
Triadic#E38EFC, #FCE38E
Split complementary#FC8EDE, #FCAC8E
Tetradic#AC8EFC, #FC8EA7, #DEFC8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FFFC
Lighter +10%#C0FDEF
Darker −10%#5CFBD7
Darker −20%#2BF9CA
Darker −30%#06EBB7
Darker −40%#05B990
More saturated +25%#8BFFE5
Less saturated −25%#9DEEDB

Channel breakdown

R142
G252
B227
Red142 (55.7%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue166.36°
Saturation (HSL)94.83%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G FC · B E3

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