#8CD3CC#8CD3CC

#8CD3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.072 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3CC
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(174, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -23.69, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 23.96, 188.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0712 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.072 188)
XYZ	xyz(45.0047, 56.5209, 65.6532)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3CC #D38C93

analogous

#8CD3A9 #8CD3CC #8CB7D3

triadic

#8CD3CC #CC8CD3 #D3CC8C

tetradic

#8CD3CC #A98CD3 #D38C93 #B7D38C

square

#8CD3CC #A98CD3 #D38C93 #B7D38C

split-complementary

#8CD3CC #D38CB7 #D3A98C

monochromatic

#3FA59B #60C2B8 #8CD3CC #B8E4E0 #E5F5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#8CD3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#8CD3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3CC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3CC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.072 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e0db',
    500: '#8cd3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3cc;
$custom-light: #b0e0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.56524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3CC

secondary

#A95A62

accent

#2E3BB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3CC

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

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