#8CD2CA#8CD2CA

#8CD2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.071 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD2CA
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(173, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -23.65, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 23.85, 187.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0708 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.071 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5187, 55.9303, 64.3155)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD2CA #D28C94

analogous

#8CD2A7 #8CD2CA #8CB7D2

triadic

#8CD2CA #CA8CD2 #D2CA8C

tetradic

#8CD2CA #A78CD2 #D28C94 #B7D28C

square

#8CD2CA #A78CD2 #D28C94 #B7D28C

split-complementary

#8CD2CA #D28CB7 #D2A78C

monochromatic

#40A498 #60C1B6 #8CD2CA #B8E3DE #E4F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#8CD2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#8CD2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD2CA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD2CA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.071 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e0da',
    500: '#8cd2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd2ca;
$custom-light: #b0e0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81511,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD2CA

secondary

#A85B63

accent

#2F3EB7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD2CA

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

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