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Recognised as Colour

#8DDCD8

  • #8DDCD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8DDCD8 is a cyan with RGB values 141, 220, 216 and HSL 177°, 53%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8DDCD8#8DDCD8
HEX#8DDCD8
RGBrgb(141, 220, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.8627, 0.8471
RGB percentages55.3%, 86.3%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(177, 53%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 35.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK35.9%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,297,112
CSS custom property--colour: #8DDCD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#722327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D4D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6EE0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5Sky blue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8D91
Analogous#8DDCB0, #8DB9DC
Triadic#D88DDC, #DCD88D
Split complementary#DC8DB9, #DCB08D
Tetradic#B08DDC, #DC8D91, #B9DC8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF4F3
Lighter +10%#B4E8E5
Darker −10%#66D0CB
Darker −20%#3FC4BD
Darker −30%#319F9A
Darker −40%#257874
More saturated +25%#7AEFE9
Less saturated −25%#A0C9C7

Channel breakdown

R141
G220
B216
Red141 (55.3%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue176.96°
Saturation (HSL)53.02%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8D · G DC · B D8

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