#8CD3CE#8CD3CE

#8CD3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.072 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3CE
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(176, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -23.23, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 23.68, 191.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0704 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.072 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2461, 56.6175, 66.9247)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3CE #D38C91

analogous

#8CD3AB #8CD3CE #8CB5D3

triadic

#8CD3CE #CE8CD3 #D3CE8C

tetradic

#8CD3CE #AB8CD3 #D38C91 #B5D38C

square

#8CD3CE #AB8CD3 #D38C91 #B5D38C

split-complementary

#8CD3CE #D38CB5 #D3AB8C

monochromatic

#3FA59E #60C2BB #8CD3CE #B8E4E1 #E5F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#8CD3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#8CD3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3CE

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3CE	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.072 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e0dc',
    500: '#8cd3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3ce;
$custom-light: #b0e0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3CE

secondary

#A95A60

accent

#2E37B8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3CE

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

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