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Recognised as Colour

#8CDAD0

  • #8CDAD0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CDAD0 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 218, 208 and HSL 172°, 51%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CDAD0#8CDAD0
HEX#8CDAD0
RGBrgb(140, 218, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8549, 0.8157
RGB percentages54.9%, 85.5%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(172.3, 51.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 35.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK35.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,231,056
CSS custom property--colour: #8CDAD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#73252F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D2D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C8D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#70DDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 17.8Turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA8C96
Analogous#8CDAA9, #8CBDDA
Triadic#D08CDA, #DAD08C
Split complementary#DA8CBD, #DAA98C
Tetradic#A98CDA, #DA8C96, #BDDA8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F3F0
Lighter +10%#B3E6E0
Darker −10%#65CEC0
Darker −20%#3FC1B0
Darker −30%#329B8E
Darker −40%#25756A
More saturated +25%#79EDDE
Less saturated −25%#9FC7C2

Channel breakdown

R140
G218
B208
Red140 (54.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue172.31°
Saturation (HSL)51.32%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G DA · B D0

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