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Recognised as Colour

#8EFFDF

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

#8EFFDF is a cyan with RGB values 142, 255, 223 and HSL 163°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8EFFDF#8EFFDF
HEX#8EFFDF
RGBrgb(142, 255, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 1, 0.8745
RGB percentages55.7%, 100%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(163, 100%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 44.3%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,371,615
CSS custom property--colour: #8EFFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#710020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8F2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E5E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.4Turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1Aqua · ΔE 21.2Cyan · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8EAE
Analogous#8EFFA7, #8EE7FF
Triadic#DF8EFF, #FFDF8E
Split complementary#FF8EE6, #FFA78E
Tetradic#A78EFF, #FF8EAE, #E7FF8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4FFFC
Lighter +10%#C1FFED
Darker −10%#5BFFD1
Darker −20%#28FFC2
Darker −30%#00F4AF
Darker −40%#00C18A
More saturated +25%#8EFFDF
Less saturated −25%#9CF1D9

Channel breakdown

R142
G255
B223
Red142 (55.7%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue163.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G FF · B DF

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