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Recognised as Colour

#8CFAFD

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

#8CFAFD is a cyan with RGB values 140, 250, 253 and HSL 182°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8CFAFD#8CFAFD
HEX#8CFAFD
RGBrgb(140, 250, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9804, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.9%, 98%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(181.6, 96.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 44.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK44.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,239,293
CSS custom property--colour: #8CFAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.21:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#730502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDF1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#50FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9Aqua · ΔE 17.5Cyan · ΔE 17.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.1Turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8F8C
Analogous#8CFDC8, #8CC2FD
Triadic#FD8CFA, #FAFD8C
Split complementary#FD8CC1, #FDC88C
Tetradic#C88CFD, #FD8F8C, #C2FD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0FEFF
Lighter +10%#BEFCFE
Darker −10%#5AF8FC
Darker −20%#28F6FB
Darker −30%#04E6EC
Darker −40%#03B5BA
More saturated +25%#8AFCFF
Less saturated −25%#9BECEE

Channel breakdown

R140
G250
B253
Red140 (54.9%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue181.59°
Saturation (HSL)96.58%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G FA · B FD

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