#8DECE3 Color

#8DECE3 is rgb(141, 236, 227) in RGB, hsl(174, 71%, 74%) in HSL, and about cmyk(40%, 0%, 4%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Pale Robin Egg Blue (#96DED1), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.77. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#8DECE3

HEX#8DECE3

RGBrgb(141, 236, 227)

HSLhsl(174, 71%, 74%)

HSVhsv(174, 40%, 93%)

CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 4%, 7%)

OKLCHoklch(88.2% 0.092 187.9)

LABlab(87.35% -31.02 -4.97)

LCHlch(87.35% 31.42 189.10)

What #8DECE3 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #8DECE3, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Pale Robin Egg Blue#96DED1ΔE 7.77 Middle Blue Green#8DD9CCΔE 8.1 Waterspout#A4F4F9ΔE 9.46 Celeste#B2FFFFΔE 10.56 Electric Blue#7DF9FFΔE 10.7 Pale Blue#AFEEEEΔE 10.97

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#8DECE3 Channel Values

How #8DECE3 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 141 · G 236 · B 227	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 174° · S 71% · L 74%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 174° · S 40% · V 93%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 40% · M 0% · Y 4% · K 7%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	1.38:1 vs white · 15.24:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #8DECE3 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.38:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

TextBlack text15.24:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #8DECE3

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #8DECE3; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

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Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #8DECE3

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

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How #8DECE3 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#8DECE3

Protanopia#DFDFE3

Protanomaly#C4E5E3

Deuteranopia#D3D3E5

Deuteranomaly#BBDDE4

Tritanopia#8FEBEB

Tritanomaly#8EEBE8

Achromatopsia#DBDBDB

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Using #8DECE3 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-8dece3: #8DECE3;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #8DECE3;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-8dece3': '#8DECE3' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.553, green: 0.925, blue: 0.890)

Android XML<color name="color_8dece3">#8DECE3</color>

SVG fillfill="#8DECE3"

More Teal Colors

#8DECE3 sits in the teal family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

8eebe6 8dd9cc 8fffff 8cbed6 91e3e1 8cb9ba 95e0e8 8affff 96c0c0 8ae2ff 96eee5 89cff0 afeeee cdf4f4 e5ffff 005757 008b8b 00cccc 08e8de 137268 20c5b5 31c4bf 47abcc 60d7d3

#8DECE3 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #8DECE3?

#8DECE3 is a light teal — rgb(141, 236, 227) in RGB and hsl(174, 71%, 74%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Pale Robin Egg Blue (#96DED1), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.77.

What is the RGB value of #8DECE3?

#8DECE3 is rgb(141, 236, 227) — red 141, green 236, and blue 227 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #8DECE3?

#8DECE3 converts to approximately cmyk(40%, 0%, 4%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #8DECE3 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #8DECE3 scores 1.38:1 against white and 15.24:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #8DECE3 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #8DECE3 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) at a CIE76 distance of 10.97, which is visibly different.

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