#8cece3

Color #8cece3

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class teal-200 #96f7e4 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8cece3

RGB

rgb(140, 236, 227)

HSL

hsl(174.4, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.4, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(87.54, -30.46, -4.55)

LCH

lch(87.54, 30.8, 188.5)

OKLCH

oklch(88.1%, 0.0923, 187.91)

HWB

hwb(174.4, 54.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec8c95

Analogous

#8cecb3

#8cece3

#8cc5ec

Triadic

#8cece3

#e38cec

#ece38c

Split-complementary

#8cece3

#ec8cc5

#ecb38c

Tetradic

#8cece3

#8c95ec

#ec8c95

#ece38c

Square

#8cece3

#b38cec

#ec8c95

#c5ec8c

Shades

Color #8cece3 mixed toward black.

#56e3d6

#24d7c6

#1ba195

#126b63

#093632

Tints

Color #8cece3 mixed toward white.

#9fefe8

#b2f2ec

#c5f5f1

#d9f9f6

#ecfcfa

Tones

Color #8cece3 mixed toward gray.

#94e4dc

#9cdcd6

#a4d4cf

#acccc9

#b4c4c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebee5 · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b0e6 · ΔE 31.8

Tritanopia

#93e7e7 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cece3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cece3]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8cece3 (#8cece3) is rgb(140, 236, 227) in RGB.

No, #8cece3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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