Colour

#8CFFF2

#8CFFF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#8CFFF2 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 255, 242 and HSL 173°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#8CFFF2#8CFFF2

HEX#8CFFF2

RGBrgb(140, 255, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 1, 0.949

RGB percentages54.9%, 100%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(173.2, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK45.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,240,562

CSS custom property--colour: #8CFFF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.7:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#73000D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F4F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E6F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#56FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Aqua · ΔE 16.1 Cyan · ΔE 16.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF8C99

Analogous#8CFFB8, #8CD3FF

Triadic#F28CFF, #FFF28C

Split complementary#FF8CD3, #FFB88C

Tetradic#B88CFF, #FF8C99, #D3FF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2FFFE

Lighter +10%#BFFFF8

Darker −10%#59FFEC

Darker −20%#26FFE6

Darker −30%#00F2D7

Darker −40%#00BFA9

More saturated +25%#8CFFF2

Less saturated −25%#9AF1E7

Channel breakdown

R140

G255

B242

Red140 (54.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue173.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G FF · B F2

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