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Recognised as Colour

#8CD7CA

  • #8CD7CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CD7CA is a cyan with RGB values 140, 215, 202 and HSL 170°, 48%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CD7CA#8CD7CA
HEX#8CD7CA
RGBrgb(140, 215, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8431, 0.7922
RGB percentages54.9%, 84.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(169.6, 48.4%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 34.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK34.9%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,230,282
CSS custom property--colour: #8CD7CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#732835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1CFCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C5CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#73DAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D78C99
Analogous#8CD7A5, #8CBED7
Triadic#CA8CD7, #D7CA8C
Split complementary#D78CBE, #D7A58C
Tetradic#A58CD7, #D78C99, #BED78C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#D8F1ED
Lighter +10%#B2E4DB
Darker −10%#66CAB9
Darker −20%#41BCA6
Darker −30%#349685
Darker −40%#277063
More saturated +25%#79EAD7
Less saturated −25%#9FC4BD

Channel breakdown

R140
G215
B202
Red140 (54.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue169.6°
Saturation (HSL)48.39%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G D7 · B CA

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