#8CD3DE#8CD3DE

#8CD3DE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.072 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD3DE
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -19.42, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 23.08, 212.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0639 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.072 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2897, 57.4349, 77.6873)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD3DE #DE978C

analogous

#8CDEC0 #8CD3DE #8CAADE

triadic

#8CD3DE #DE8CD3 #D3DE8C

tetradic

#8CD3DE #C08CDE #DE978C #AADE8C

square

#8CD3DE #C08CDE #DE978C #AADE8C

split-complementary

#8CD3DE #DE8CAA #DEC08C

monochromatic

#35A8BA #5CC1D0 #8CD3DE #BCE5EC #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CD3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#8CD3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD3DE

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD3DE	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.072 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e0e8',
    500: '#8cd3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd3de;
$custom-light: #b1e0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.049,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82379,
    "c": 0.07249,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD3DE

secondary

#B66559

accent

#3823C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD3DE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →