#8cece9

Color #8cece9

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8cece9

RGB

rgb(140, 236, 233)

HSL

hsl(178.1, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.1, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(87.7, -29.04, -7.46)

LCH

lch(87.7, 29.98, 194.41)

OKLCH

oklch(88.3%, 0.0914, 193.03)

HWB

hwb(178.1, 54.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec8c8f

Analogous

#8cecb9

#8cece9

#8cbfec

Triadic

#8cece9

#e98cec

#ece98c

Split-complementary

#8cece9

#ec8cbf

#ecb98c

Tetradic

#8cece9

#8c8fec

#ec8c8f

#ece98c

Square

#8cece9

#b98cec

#ec8c8f

#bfec8c

Shades

Color #8cece9 mixed toward black.

#56e3df

#24d7d1

#1ba19d

#126b69

#093634

Tints

Color #8cece9 mixed toward white.

#9fefed

#b2f2f0

#c5f5f4

#d9f9f8

#ecfcfb

Tones

Color #8cece9 mixed toward gray.

#94e4e1

#9cdcda

#a4d4d2

#accccb

#b4c4c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebeea · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#b8b0ea · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#93eaea · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cece9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cece9]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8cece9 (#8cece9) is rgb(140, 236, 233) in RGB.

No, #8cece9 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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