HEX Color #8AF8E9 (Turquoise)

About #8AF8E9

The precise color #8AF8E9 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Turquoise. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 248 parts green, and 233 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 44% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AF8E9

RGB138, 248, 233

HSL171.8°, 88.7%, 75.7%

CMYK44%, 0%, 6%, 3%

HSV171.8°, 44.4%, 97.3%

LAB91.0, -35.2, -2.7

XYZ58.8, 78.4, 89.1

Decimal9107689

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AF8E9 #F88A98

Analogous

#8AF8B2 #8AD0F8

Triadic

#E88AF8 #F8E88A

Tetradic

#B18AF8 #F88A98 #D0F88A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AF8E9

#97F8EB

#A4F9ED

#B1FAF0

#BEFBF2

#CBFBF5

#D8FCF7

#E5FDFA

#F2FEFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AF8E9

#7ADCCF

#6BC0B5

#5CA59B

#4C8981

#3D6E67

#2E524D

#1E3733

#0F1B19

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.26:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.68:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.20:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

14.18:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AF8E9; }

.text-color { color: #8AF8E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AF8E9; }

Similar Colors

Turquoise

#40E0D0