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Recognised as Colour

#8CDAD6

  • #8CDAD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CDAD6 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 218, 214 and HSL 177°, 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

#8CDAD6#8CDAD6
HEX#8CDAD6
RGBrgb(140, 218, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8549, 0.8392
RGB percentages54.9%, 85.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(176.9, 51.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.9, 35.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK35.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,231,062
CSS custom property--colour: #8CDAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.11:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#732529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6EDED9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 15.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA8C90
Analogous#8CDAAF, #8CB7DA
Triadic#D68CDA, #DAD68C
Split complementary#DA8CB7, #DAAF8C
Tetradic#AF8CDA, #DA8C90, #B7DA8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F3F2
Lighter +10%#B3E6E4
Darker −10%#65CEC8
Darker −20%#3FC1BA
Darker −30%#329B96
Darker −40%#257570
More saturated +25%#79EDE7
Less saturated −25%#9FC7C5

Channel breakdown

R140
G218
B214
Red140 (54.9%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue176.92°
Saturation (HSL)51.32%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G DA · B D6

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