Recognised as Colour

#8AFCED

#8AFCED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#8AFCED is a cyan with RGB values 138, 252, 237 and HSL 172°, 95%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#8AFCED

RGBrgb(138, 252, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.9882, 0.9294

RGB percentages54.1%, 98.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(172.1, 95%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 45.2%, 98.8%)

CMYK45.2%, 0%, 6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,108,717

CSS custom property--colour: #8AFCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.23:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#750312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE3EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Tritanopia#56FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 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 text17.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Aqua · ΔE 16.5 Cyan · ΔE 16.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 13.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC8A99

Analogous#8AFCB4, #8AD2FC

Triadic#ED8AFC, #FCED8A

Split complementary#FC8AD2, #FCB48A

Tetradic#B48AFC, #FC8A99, #D2FC8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDFFFC

Lighter +10%#BCFDF5

Darker −10%#58FBE5

Darker −20%#27F9DE

Darker −30%#06E7C9

Darker −40%#05B59E

More saturated +25%#87FFEF

Less saturated −25%#99EDE2

Channel breakdown

R138

G252

B237

Red138 (54.1%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue172.11°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G FC · B ED

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