#8CD4DC#8CD4DC

#8CD4DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.073 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4DC
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -20.41, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 23.22, 208.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0659 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.073 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2724, 57.8267, 76.3670)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4DC #DC948C

analogous

#8CDCBC #8CD4DC #8CACDC

triadic

#8CD4DC #DC8CD4 #D4DC8C

tetradic

#8CD4DC #BC8CDC #DC948C #ACDC8C

square

#8CD4DC #BC8CDC #DC948C #ACDC8C

split-complementary

#8CD4DC #DC8CAC #DCBC8C

monochromatic

#37A9B6 #5DC2CE #8CD4DC #BBE6EA #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8CD4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#8CD4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4DC

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4DC	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.073 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1e6',
    500: '#8cd4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4dc;
$custom-light: #b1e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82534,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4DC

secondary

#B36259

accent

#3425C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4DC

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

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