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#8DC9B4

#8dc9b4 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#8dc9b4 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 78.82% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.45% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 159°, with 35.71% saturation and 67.06% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 11.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 6.38.

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Relative luminance0.5073

Complementary

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #c98da2

Split complementary

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #c98dc0
  3. #c9968d

Analogous

  1. #8dc996
  2. #8dc9b4
  3. #8dc0c9

Triadic

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #b48dc9
  3. #c9b48d

Tetradic

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #8da2c9
  3. #c98da2
  4. #c9b48d

Square

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #968dc9
  3. #c98da2
  4. #c0c98d

Monochromatic

  1. #3d8069
  2. #59b092
  3. #8dc9b4
  4. #c1e2d6
  5. #f1f8f6

Shades

#8dc9b4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #7fb5a2
  3. #71a190
  4. #638d7e
  5. #55796c
  6. #47655a
  7. #385048
  8. #2a3c36
  9. #1c2824
  10. #0e1412
  11. #000000

Tints

#8dc9b4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #98cebc
  3. #a4d4c3
  4. #afd9cb
  5. #bbdfd2
  6. #c6e4da
  7. #d1e9e1
  8. #ddefe9
  9. #e8f4f0
  10. #f4faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8dc9b4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8dc9b4
  2. #8cc2af
  3. #8abaaa
  4. #89b3a4
  5. #88ac9f
  6. #87a59a
  7. #859d95
  8. #849690
  9. #838f8a
  10. #818785
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acc2b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c1b3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbab5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ecac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c4b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aac0b5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84cabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8dc9b4 {
  color: #8dc9b4;
}
Background
.bg-8dc9b4 {
  background-color: #8dc9b4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8dc9b4 {
  border: 2px solid #8dc9b4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8dc9b4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 201 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 36% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8dc9b4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8dc9b4, #8dc0c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8dc9b4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 201 180 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.38 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 6.99 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.00 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.07 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.26 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.16 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 10.36 #72364b Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#8dc9b4  rgb(141, 201, 180)  hsl(159, 36%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c98da2  rgb(201, 141, 162)  hsl(339, 36%, 67%)  Puce
#b48dc9  rgb(180, 141, 201)  hsl(279, 36%, 67%)  Wisteria
#c9b48d  rgb(201, 180, 141)  hsl(39, 36%, 67%)  Tan