Coruscating Bloom before the Lifting

#8cd6da RGB(140,214,218)

About this color

Coruscating Bloom before the Lifting settles into a light cyan territory with a vivid quality that feels cool — captured at #8cd6da, RGB(140, 214, 218).

#8cd6daRGB(140, 214, 218)

HSL 183° · 51% saturation · 70% lightness

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Psychology

Pale cyan is one of the most readable background tones for screens: low fatigue, high clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

Light enough to serve as page backgrounds, input fields, and hover states — contexts where colour informs rather than dominates. Pair with deeper tones of the same family for clear visual hierarchy.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
Coruscating Bloom before the Lifting
HEX
#8cd6da
RGB
rgb(140,214,218)
RGB%
rgb(54.9%,83.9%,85.5%)
HSL
hsl(183,51%,70%)
HSV
hsv(183,36%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(36,2,0,15)
LAB
lab(81,-22,-9)
LCH
lch(81,24,202)
sRGB
(0.549,0.839,0.855)
HEX8
#8cd6daff
CSS Name
Decimal
140214218

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Color info

Lightness
70%
Saturation
51%
Hue
183°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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