HEX Color #8AF8FF (Paleturquoise)

About #8AF8FF

Visually, #8AF8FF is defined as a vivid cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Paleturquoise. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 248 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 46% cyan and 3% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 183.6° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 77.1% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AF8FF

RGB138, 248, 255

HSL183.6°, 100.0%, 77.1%

CMYK46%, 3%, 0%, 0%

HSV183.6°, 45.9%, 100.0%

LAB91.6, -29.8, -13.2

XYZ62.1, 79.8, 106.7

Decimal9107711

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AF8FF #FF9089

Analogous

#89FFCB #89BDFF

Triadic

#FF89F7 #F7FF89

Tetradic

#CB89FF #FF9089 #BDFF89

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AF8FF

#97F8FF

#A4F9FF

#B1FAFF

#BEFBFF

#CBFBFF

#D8FCFF

#E5FDFF

#F2FEFF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AF8FF

#7ADCE2

#6BC0C6

#5CA5AA

#4C898D

#3D6E71

#2E5255

#1E3738

#0F1B1C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.24:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.95:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.18:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

14.41:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AF8FF; }

.text-color { color: #8AF8FF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AF8FF; }

Similar Colors

Paleturquoise

#AFEEEE