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Colour

#8CE2DD

  • #8CE2DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CE2DD is a cyan with RGB values 140, 226, 221 and HSL 177°, 60%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CE2DD#8CE2DD
HEX#8CE2DD
RGBrgb(140, 226, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8863, 0.8667
RGB percentages54.9%, 88.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(176.5, 59.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.5, 38.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK38.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,233,117
CSS custom property--colour: #8CE2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.04:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#731D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CEDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#69E6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E28C91
Analogous#8CE2B2, #8CBCE2
Triadic#DD8CE2, #E2DD8C
Split complementary#E28CBC, #E2B28C
Tetradic#B28CE2, #E28C91, #BCE28C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDF7F5
Lighter +10%#B5ECE9
Darker −10%#63D8D1
Darker −20%#3BCDC5
Darker −30%#2BAAA3
Darker −40%#21817C
More saturated +25%#7AF4ED
Less saturated −25%#9ED0CD

Channel breakdown

R140
G226
B221
Red140 (54.9%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue176.51°
Saturation (HSL)59.72%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G E2 · B DD

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