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Recognised as Colour

#8CFDCD

  • #8CFDCD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CFDCD is a cyan with RGB values 140, 253, 205 and HSL 155°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CFDCD#8CFDCD
HEX#8CFDCD
RGBrgb(140, 253, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9922, 0.8039
RGB percentages54.9%, 99.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(154.5, 96.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.5, 44.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK44.7%, 0%, 19%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,240,013
CSS custom property--colour: #8CFDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#730232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9EFCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E2D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6AFDEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 4.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Turquoise · ΔE 20.1Light green · ΔE 24.7Pale green · ΔE 26Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 4.14, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8CBC
Analogous#8CFD95, #8CF4FD
Triadic#CD8CFD, #FDCD8C
Split complementary#FD8CF4, #FD958C
Tetradic#958CFD, #FD8CBC, #F5FD8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0FFF9
Lighter +10%#BEFEE3
Darker −10%#5AFCB7
Darker −20%#28FBA1
Darker −30%#04EC89
Darker −40%#03BA6C
More saturated +25%#8AFFCD
Less saturated −25%#9BEECB

Channel breakdown

R140
G253
B205
Red140 (54.9%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue154.51°
Saturation (HSL)96.58%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G FD · B CD

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