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Recognised as Colour

#8CD7D5

  • #8CD7D5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CD7D5 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 215, 213 and HSL 178°, 48%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CD7D5#8CD7D5
HEX#8CD7D5
RGBrgb(140, 215, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8431, 0.8353
RGB percentages54.9%, 84.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(178.4, 48.4%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 34.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK34.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,230,293
CSS custom property--colour: #8CD7D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#73282A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED0D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C6D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6FDBD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 13.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D78C8E
Analogous#8CD7B0, #8CB4D7
Triadic#D58CD7, #D7D58C
Split complementary#D78CB4, #D7AF8C
Tetradic#AF8CD7, #D78C8E, #B4D78C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#D8F1F1
Lighter +10%#B2E4E3
Darker −10%#66CAC7
Darker −20%#41BCB8
Darker −30%#349693
Darker −40%#27706E
More saturated +25%#79EAE7
Less saturated −25%#9FC4C3

Channel breakdown

R140
G215
B213
Red140 (54.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue178.4°
Saturation (HSL)48.39%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G D7 · B D5

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