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Information about Soft Turquoise color

#8FE2E1 - Soft Turquoise color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #8FE2E1 ("Soft Turquoise") belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(143, 226, 225) (56.1% red, 88.6% green, 88.2% blue), or CMYK 33 / 0 / 0 / 11 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#8FE2E1 presents itself as a confidently colored water-like cyan — one that appears airy and pastel-like. It is a natural fit for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Light Opal (#8BE7DC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Light Arctic Blue (#8BDCE7) and Pastel Turquoise (#98DEDE).

The recipe behind #8FE2E1 is rgb(143, 226, 225), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #8FE2E1 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.5:1. The name "Soft Turquoise" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Soft Turquoise color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Soft Turquoise color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Soft Turquoise

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8FE2E1
  • RGB143, 226, 225
  • CMYK33, 0, 0, 11
  • CSSrgb(143, 226, 225)
  • HSL179°, 59%, 72%
  • HSL Precise179.277°, 58.865%, 72.353%
  • HSV179°, 37%, 89%
  • HSB179°, 37%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • GLSLvec3(0.561, 0.886, 0.882)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.561, 0.886, 0.882, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.561, 0.886, 0.882)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB56.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB88.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID8FE2E1
  • DECIMAL ID9429729
  • Name Length14
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