#8CC5CE#8CC5CE

#8CC5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.060 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC5CE
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -16.16, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 19.22, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0529 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.06 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9183, 49.9619, 65.8154)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC5CE #CE958C

analogous

#8CCEB6 #8CC5CE #8CA4CE

triadic

#8CC5CE #CE8CC5 #C5CE8C

tetradic

#8CC5CE #B68CCE #CE958C #A4CE8C

square

#8CC5CE #B68CCE #CE958C #A4CE8C

split-complementary

#8CC5CE #CE8CA4 #CEB68C

monochromatic

#43919D #61AFBC #8CC5CE #B7DBE0 #E2F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8CC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#8CC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC5CE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC5CE	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.060 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6dd',
    500: '#8cc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc5ce;
$custom-light: #b0d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78731,
    "c": 0.06009,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC5CE

secondary

#E5D4D1

accent

#4432B3

background

#FBFDFD

surface

#F6FAFB

border

#D0D3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC5CE

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

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