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#8AD6CF

#8ad6cf ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ad6cf is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 83.92% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.27% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 174.47°, with 48.1% saturation and 69.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.58

Complementary

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #d68a91

Split complementary

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #d68ab7
  3. #d6a98a

Analogous

  1. #8ad6a9
  2. #8ad6cf
  3. #8ab7d6

Triadic

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #cf8ad6
  3. #d6cf8a

Tetradic

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #8a91d6
  3. #d68a91
  4. #d6cf8a

Square

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #a98ad6
  3. #d68a91
  4. #b7d68a

Monochromatic

  1. #34938b
  2. #51c2b8
  3. #8ad6cf
  4. #c3eae6
  5. #f0faf9

Shades

#8ad6cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #7cc1ba
  3. #6eaba6
  4. #619691
  5. #53807c
  6. #456b68
  7. #375653
  8. #29403e
  9. #1c2b29
  10. #0e1515
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ad6cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #96dad4
  3. #a1ded9
  4. #ade2dd
  5. #b9e6e2
  6. #c5ebe7
  7. #d0efec
  8. #dcf3f1
  9. #e8f7f5
  10. #f3fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ad6cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ad6cf
  2. #89cdc7
  3. #88c5bf
  4. #87bcb7
  5. #86b4af
  6. #85aba8
  7. #84a2a0
  8. #839a98
  9. #829190
  10. #818988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3cecb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cececf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0c4d0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6edad4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7d1cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adccd0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ad8d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ad6cf {
  color: #8ad6cf;
}
Background
.bg-8ad6cf {
  background-color: #8ad6cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ad6cf {
  border: 2px solid #8ad6cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ad6cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 214 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 48% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ad6cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ad6cf, #8ab7d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ad6cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 214 207 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.18 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.60 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.57 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.59 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.64 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.85 #752930 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#8ad6cf  rgb(138, 214, 207)  hsl(174, 48%, 69%)  Medium Turquoise
#d68a91  rgb(214, 138, 145)  hsl(354, 48%, 69%)  Puce
#cf8ad6  rgb(207, 138, 214)  hsl(294, 48%, 69%)  Plum
#d6cf8a  rgb(214, 207, 138)  hsl(54, 48%, 69%)  Flax