#8CD3CA#8CD3CA

#8CD3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.072 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3CA
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 202)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -24.15, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 24.29, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.072 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.072 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7664, 56.4256, 64.3980)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3CA #D38C95

analogous

#8CD3A7 #8CD3CA #8CB9D3

triadic

#8CD3CA #CA8CD3 #D3CA8C

tetradic

#8CD3CA #A78CD3 #D38C95 #B9D38C

square

#8CD3CA #A78CD3 #D38C95 #B9D38C

split-complementary

#8CD3CA #D38CB9 #D3A78C

monochromatic

#3FA598 #60C2B6 #8CD3CA #B8E4DE #E5F5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#8CD3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#8CD3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3CA

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3CA	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.072 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e0da',
    500: '#8cd3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ca;
$custom-light: #b0e0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3CA

secondary

#A95A64

accent

#2E3FB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3CA

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

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