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Recognised as Colour

#8FDACD

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

#8FDACD is a cyan with RGB values 143, 218, 205 and HSL 170°, 50%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#8FDACD#8FDACD
HEX#8FDACD
RGBrgb(143, 218, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.8549, 0.8039
RGB percentages56.1%, 85.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(169.6, 50.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 34.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK34.4%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,427,661
CSS custom property--colour: #8FDACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.08:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#702532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D2CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C8CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#76DDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Turquoise · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA8F9C
Analogous#8FDAA8, #8FC1DA
Triadic#CD8FDA, #DACD8F
Split complementary#DA8FC1, #DAA88F
Tetradic#A88FDA, #DA8F9C, #C1DA8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCF3EF
Lighter +10%#B5E7DE
Darker −10%#69CDBC
Darker −20%#42C1AB
Darker −30%#349C8A
Darker −40%#277668
More saturated +25%#7CEDD9
Less saturated −25%#A2C7C1

Channel breakdown

R143
G218
B205
Red143 (56.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue169.6°
Saturation (HSL)50.34%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8F · G DA · B CD

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