#8CC8CE#8CC8CE

#8CC8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.062 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC8CE
RGB	rgb(140, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -17.70, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 19.93, 207.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0567 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.062 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6063, 51.3378, 66.0447)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC8CE #CE928C

analogous

#8CCEB3 #8CC8CE #8CA7CE

triadic

#8CC8CE #CE8CC8 #C8CE8C

tetradic

#8CC8CE #B38CCE #CE928C #A7CE8C

square

#8CC8CE #B38CCE #CE928C #A7CE8C

split-complementary

#8CC8CE #CE8CA7 #CEB38C

monochromatic

#43959D #61B3BC #8CC8CE #B7DDE0 #E2F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8CC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#8CC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC8CE

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC8CE	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.062 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d8dd',
    500: '#8cc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc8ce;
$custom-light: #b0d8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79398,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC8CE

secondary

#A3625B

accent

#3E32B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC8CE

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

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