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Recognised as Colour

#8FD8DA

  • #8FD8DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#8FD8DA is a cyan with RGB values 143, 216, 218 and HSL 182°, 50%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8FD8DA#8FD8DA
HEX#8FD8DA
RGBrgb(143, 216, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.8471, 0.8549
RGB percentages56.1%, 84.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(181.6, 50.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 34.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK34.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,427,162
CSS custom property--colour: #8FD8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#702725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD1DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72DDD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.8Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA918F
Analogous#8FDAB7, #8FB3DA
Triadic#DA8FD8, #D8DA8F
Split complementary#DA8FB2, #DAB78F
Tetradic#B78FDA, #DA918F, #B2DA8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCF3F3
Lighter +10%#B5E5E7
Darker −10%#69CBCD
Darker −20%#42BDC1
Darker −30%#349A9C
Darker −40%#277476
More saturated +25%#7CEAED
Less saturated −25%#A2C6C7

Channel breakdown

R143
G216
B218
Red143 (56.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue181.6°
Saturation (HSL)50.34%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G D8 · B DA

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