#8CD1DC#8CD1DC

#8CD1DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.071 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD1DC
RGB	rgb(140, 209, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -18.90, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 22.56, 213.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0623 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.071 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5294, 56.3408, 76.1193)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD1DC #DC978C

analogous

#8CDCBF #8CD1DC #8CA9DC

triadic

#8CD1DC #DC8CD1 #D1DC8C

tetradic

#8CD1DC #BF8CDC #DC978C #A9DC8C

square

#8CD1DC #BF8CDC #DC978C #A9DC8C

split-complementary

#8CD1DC #DC8CA9 #DCBF8C

monochromatic

#37A5B6 #5DBECE #8CD1DC #BBE4EA #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#8CD1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#8CD1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD1DC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD1DC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 209, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.071 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dfe6',
    500: '#8cd1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd1dc;
$custom-light: #b1dfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81868,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD1DC

secondary

#B36559

accent

#3A25C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD1DC

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

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