#8CD3BC#8CD3BC

#8CD3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.079 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3BC
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 188)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(161, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -27.24, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 27.58, 170.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0779 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.079 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1834, 55.7924, 56.0608)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3BC #D38CA3

analogous

#8CD399 #8CD3BC #8CC7D3

triadic

#8CD3BC #BC8CD3 #D3BC8C

tetradic

#8CD3BC #998CD3 #D38CA3 #C7D38C

square

#8CD3BC #998CD3 #D38CA3 #C7D38C

split-complementary

#8CD3BC #D38CC7 #D3998C

monochromatic

#3FA584 #60C2A2 #8CD3BC #B8E4D6 #E5F5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8CD3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#8CD3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3BC

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3BC	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.079 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e0d0',
    500: '#8cd3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3bc;
$custom-light: #b0e0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.563,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3BC

secondary

#A95A74

accent

#2E5AB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3BC

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

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