#8CD4DD#8CD4DD

#8CD4DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.073 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4DD
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -20.17, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 23.25, 209.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0655 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.073 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4052, 57.8798, 77.0666)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4DD #DD958C

analogous

#8CDDBD #8CD4DD #8CABDD

triadic

#8CD4DD #DD8CD4 #D4DD8C

tetradic

#8CD4DD #BD8CDD #DD958C #ABDD8C

square

#8CD4DD #BD8CDD #DD958C #ABDD8C

split-complementary

#8CD4DD #DD8CAB #DDBD8C

monochromatic

#36AAB8 #5DC2CF #8CD4DD #BBE6EB #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8CD4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#8CD4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4DD

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4DD	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.073 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1e7',
    500: '#8cd4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4dd;
$custom-light: #b1e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82567,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4DD

secondary

#B46359

accent

#3524C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4DD

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

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