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Recognised as Colour

#8CE9DC

  • #8CE9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8CE9DC is a cyan with RGB values 140, 233, 220 and HSL 172°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CE9DC#8CE9DC
HEX#8CE9DC
RGBrgb(140, 233, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9137, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.9%, 91.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(171.6, 67.9%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 39.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK39.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,234,908
CSS custom property--colour: #8CE9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#731623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#68EDE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17Powder blue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E98C99
Analogous#8CE9AE, #8CC8E9
Triadic#DC8CE9, #E9DC8C
Split complementary#E98CC8, #E9AE8C
Tetradic#AE8CE9, #E98C99, #C8E98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2F9F6
Lighter +10%#B7F1E9
Darker −10%#61E1CF
Darker −20%#36D9C2
Darker −30%#23B9A4
Darker −40%#1B8E7E
More saturated +25%#7BFAE8
Less saturated −25%#9DD8D0

Channel breakdown

R140
G233
B220
Red140 (54.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue171.61°
Saturation (HSL)67.88%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G E9 · B DC

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