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Recognised as Colour

#8CDDC5

  • #8CDDC5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#8CDDC5 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 221, 197 and HSL 162°, 54%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CDDC5#8CDDC5
HEX#8CDDC5
RGBrgb(140, 221, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8667, 0.7725
RGB percentages54.9%, 86.7%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(162.2, 54.4%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 36.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK36.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,231,813
CSS custom property--colour: #8CDDC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6132WCAG 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 13.26:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#73223A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D3C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAC9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#74DFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.6Aquamarine · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8CA4
Analogous#8CDD9C, #8CCDDD
Triadic#C58CDD, #DDC58C
Split complementary#DD8CCD, #DD9C8C
Tetradic#9C8CDD, #DD8CA4, #CCDD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF4ED
Lighter +10%#B3E9D9
Darker −10%#65D1B1
Darker −20%#3DC69D
Darker −30%#2FA17F
Darker −40%#247960
More saturated +25%#79F0CD
Less saturated −25%#9FCABD

Channel breakdown

R140
G221
B197
Red140 (54.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue162.22°
Saturation (HSL)54.36%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G DD · B C5

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