#8cd9db

Color #8cd9db

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8cd9db

RGB

rgb(140, 217, 219)

HSL

hsl(181.5, 52.3%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.5, 36.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(82.01, -23.15, -8.51)

LCH

lch(82.01, 24.66, 200.18)

OKLCH

oklch(83.6%, 0.0761, 197.91)

HWB

hwb(181.5, 54.9%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#db8e8c

Analogous

#8cdbb5

#8cd9db

#8cb2db

Triadic

#8cd9db

#db8cd9

#d9db8c

Split-complementary

#8cd9db

#db8cb2

#dbb58c

Tetradic

#8cd9db

#8e8cdb

#db8e8c

#d9db8c

Square

#8cd9db

#b58cdb

#db8e8c

#b2db8c

Shades

Color #8cd9db mixed toward black.

#5ecacd

#39b3b6

#2b8689

#1d5a5b

#0e2d2e

Tints

Color #8cd9db mixed toward white.

#9fdfe1

#b2e6e7

#c6eced

#d9f2f3

#ecf9f9

Tones

Color #8cd9db mixed toward gray.

#93d3d4

#99cdce

#a0c6c7

#a6c0c1

#adbaba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3db · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#aea8da · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#91dada · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cd9db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cd9db]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8cd9db (#8cd9db) is rgb(140, 217, 219) in RGB.

No, #8cd9db is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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