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Colour

#8CD7D8

  • #8CD7D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CD7D8 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 215, 216 and HSL 181°, 49%, 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

#8CD7D8#8CD7D8
HEX#8CD7D8
RGBrgb(140, 215, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8431, 0.8471
RGB percentages54.9%, 84.3%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(180.8, 49.4%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 35.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK35.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,230,296
CSS custom property--colour: #8CD7D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#732827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED0D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C6D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6DDCD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 12.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D88D8C
Analogous#8CD8B3, #8CB1D8
Triadic#D88CD7, #D7D88C
Split complementary#D88CB1, #D8B38C
Tetradic#B38CD8, #D88D8C, #B1D88C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8F1F2
Lighter +10%#B2E4E5
Darker −10%#66CACB
Darker −20%#40BCBE
Darker −30%#339698
Darker −40%#267172
More saturated +25%#79EAEB
Less saturated −25%#9FC4C5

Channel breakdown

R140
G215
B216
Red140 (54.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue180.79°
Saturation (HSL)49.35%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G D7 · B D8

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