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Recognised as Colour

#8ADDCD

  • #8ADDCD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#8ADDCD is a cyan with RGB values 138, 221, 205 and HSL 168°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#8ADDCD#8ADDCD
HEX#8ADDCD
RGBrgb(138, 221, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.8667, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.1%, 86.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(168.4, 55%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 37.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK37.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,100,749
CSS custom property--colour: #8ADDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#752232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6EE0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5Turquoise · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8A9A
Analogous#8ADDA3, #8AC4DD
Triadic#CD8ADD, #DDCD8A
Split complementary#DD8AC4, #DDA48A
Tetradic#A38ADD, #DD8A9A, #C3DD8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F4EF
Lighter +10%#B2E8DE
Darker −10%#62D2BC
Darker −20%#3BC6AB
Darker −30%#2EA08A
Darker −40%#237868
More saturated +25%#77F0D9
Less saturated −25%#9DCAC1

Channel breakdown

R138
G221
B205
Red138 (54.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue168.43°
Saturation (HSL)54.97%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8A · G DD · B CD

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