#8AC8CA#8AC8CA

#8AC8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.063 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC8CA
RGB	rgb(138, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -19.20, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 20.55, 200.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0601 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.063 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7925, 50.9737, 63.5024)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC8CA #CA8C8A

analogous

#8ACAAC #8AC8CA #8AA8CA

triadic

#8AC8CA #CA8AC8 #C8CA8A

tetradic

#8AC8CA #AC8ACA #CA8C8A #A8CA8A

square

#8AC8CA #AC8ACA #CA8C8A #A8CA8A

split-complementary

#8AC8CA #CA8AA8 #CAAC8A

monochromatic

#449396 #60B4B7 #8AC8CA #B4DCDD #DEF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8AC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8AC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC8CA

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC8CA	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.063 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8da',
    500: '#8ac8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac8ca;
$custom-light: #aed8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79156,
    "c": 0.06334,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC8CA

secondary

#9D5D5B

accent

#3935B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC8CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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