#8dd9cf

Color #8dd9cf

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-200 #96f7e4 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8dd9cf

RGB

rgb(141, 217, 207)

HSL

hsl(172.1, 50%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.1, 35%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(81.72, -25.68, -2.53)

LCH

lch(81.72, 25.8, 185.63)

OKLCH

oklch(83.3%, 0.0768, 185.38)

HWB

hwb(172.1, 55.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d98d97

Analogous

#8dd9a9

#8dd9cf

#8dbdd9

Triadic

#8dd9cf

#cf8dd9

#d9cf8d

Split-complementary

#8dd9cf

#d98dbd

#d9a98d

Tetradic

#8dd9cf

#8d97d9

#d98d97

#d9cf8d

Square

#8dd9cf

#a98dd9

#d98d97

#bdd98d

Shades

Color #8dd9cf mixed toward black.

#60cabc

#3cb3a3

#2d867a

#1e5a52

#0f2d29

Tints

Color #8dd9cf mixed toward white.

#a0dfd7

#b3e6df

#c6ece7

#d9f2ef

#ecf9f7

Tones

Color #8dd9cf mixed toward gray.

#93d3ca

#9accc6

#a0c6c1

#a6c0bc

#adb9b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4d1 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#afa9d2 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#92d3d4 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8dd9cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8dd9cf]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8dd9cf (#8dd9cf) is rgb(141, 217, 207) in RGB.

No, #8dd9cf 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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