#8ae8e4

Color #8ae8e4

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class teal-200 #96f7e4 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ae8e4

RGB

rgb(138, 232, 228)

HSL

hsl(177.4, 67.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177.4, 40.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 9%)

LAB

lab(86.36, -28.8, -6.82)

LCH

lch(86.36, 29.6, 193.32)

OKLCH

oklch(87.2%, 0.0899, 192.13)

HWB

hwb(177.4, 54.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e88a8e

Analogous

#8ae8b5

#8ae8e4

#8abde8

Triadic

#8ae8e4

#e48ae8

#e8e48a

Split-complementary

#8ae8e4

#e88abd

#e8b58a

Tetradic

#8ae8e4

#8a8ee8

#e88a8e

#e8e48a

Square

#8ae8e4

#b58ae8

#e88a8e

#bde88a

Shades

Color #8ae8e4 mixed toward black.

#56ded8

#29cec7

#1e9a95

#146763

#0a3332

Tints

Color #8ae8e4 mixed toward white.

#9dece8

#b1f0ed

#c4f3f1

#d8f7f6

#ebfbfa

Tones

Color #8ae8e4 mixed toward gray.

#92e0dd

#9ad8d6

#a1d0ce

#a9c9c7

#b1c1c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babbe5 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#b5ade5 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#91e6e6 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ae8e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ae8e4]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8ae8e4 (#8ae8e4) is rgb(138, 232, 228) in RGB.

No, #8ae8e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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