#8AC8CD#8AC8CD

#8AC8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.064 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC8CD
RGB	rgb(138, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -18.49, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 20.49, 205.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0589 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.064 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1512, 51.1172, 65.3913)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC8CD #CD8F8A

analogous

#8ACDB1 #8AC8CD #8AA6CD

triadic

#8AC8CD #CD8AC8 #C8CD8A

tetradic

#8AC8CD #B18ACD #CD8F8A #A6CD8A

square

#8AC8CD #B18ACD #CD8F8A #A6CD8A

split-complementary

#8AC8CD #CD8AA6 #CDB18A

monochromatic

#42949B #5FB4BB #8AC8CD #B5DCDF #E0F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8AC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#8AC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC8CD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC8CD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.064 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed8dc',
    500: '#8ac8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac8cd;
$custom-light: #aed8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79255,
    "c": 0.06363,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC8CD

secondary

#A1605A

accent

#3C32B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC8CD

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

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