#8CD3DC#8CD3DC

#8CD3DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.072 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3DC
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -19.91, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 22.99, 209.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0647 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.072 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0232, 57.3283, 76.2839)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3DC #DC958C

analogous

#8CDCBD #8CD3DC #8CABDC

triadic

#8CD3DC #DC8CD3 #D3DC8C

tetradic

#8CD3DC #BD8CDC #DC958C #ABDC8C

square

#8CD3DC #BD8CDC #DC958C #ABDC8C

split-complementary

#8CD3DC #DC8CAB #DCBD8C

monochromatic

#37A8B6 #5DC1CE #8CD3DC #BBE5EA #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CD3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#8CD3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3DC

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3DC	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.072 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0e6',
    500: '#8cd3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3dc;
$custom-light: #b1e0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82312,
    "c": 0.07197,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3DC

secondary

#B36359

accent

#3625C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3DC

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

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