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#8CECE3

#8cece3 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8cece3 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 92.55% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.81% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 174.38°, with 71.64% saturation and 73.73% 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 15.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 6.08.

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Web safe#99ffcc
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Relative luminance0.7111

Complementary

  1. #8cece3
  2. #ec8c95

Split complementary

  1. #8cece3
  2. #ec8cc5
  3. #ecb38c

Analogous

  1. #8cecb3
  2. #8cece3
  3. #8cc5ec

Triadic

  1. #8cece3
  2. #e38cec
  3. #ece38c

Tetradic

  1. #8cece3
  2. #8c95ec
  3. #ec8c95
  4. #ece38c

Square

  1. #8cece3
  2. #b38cec
  3. #ec8c95
  4. #c5ec8c

Monochromatic

  1. #20bfb0
  2. #4ae1d3
  3. #8cece3
  4. #cef7f3
  5. #edfcfb

Shades

#8cece3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8cece3
  2. #7ed4cc
  3. #70bdb6
  4. #62a59f
  5. #548e88
  6. #467672
  7. #385e5b
  8. #2a4744
  9. #1c2f2d
  10. #0e1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#8cece3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8cece3
  2. #98eee6
  3. #a3f0e9
  4. #aff2eb
  5. #baf4ee
  6. #c6f6f1
  7. #d1f7f4
  8. #ddf9f7
  9. #e8fbf9
  10. #f4fdfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8cece3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8cece3
  2. #8be1d9
  3. #8ad6cf
  4. #88ccc5
  5. #87c1bb
  6. #86b6b2
  7. #85aba8
  8. #84a09e
  9. #829694
  10. #818b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1e2de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e3e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2d6e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64f0e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6e6e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #badfe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76efe7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8cece3 {
  color: #8cece3;
}
Background
.bg-8cece3 {
  background-color: #8cece3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8cece3 {
  border: 2px solid #8cece3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8cece3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 236 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 72% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8cece3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8cece3, #8cc5ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8cece3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 236 227 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.08 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.15 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.44 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.67 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.85 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.96 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.98 #73131c Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#8cece3  rgb(140, 236, 227)  hsl(174, 72%, 74%)  Pale Turquoise
#ec8c95  rgb(236, 140, 149)  hsl(354, 72%, 74%)  Salmon Pink
#e38cec  rgb(227, 140, 236)  hsl(294, 72%, 74%)  Violet
#ece38c  rgb(236, 227, 140)  hsl(54, 72%, 74%)  Khaki