#8CD4DE#8CD4DE

#8CD4DE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.073 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4DE
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -19.92, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 23.29, 211.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0651 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.073 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5389, 57.9333, 77.7703)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4DE #DE968C

analogous

#8CDEBF #8CD4DE #8CABDE

triadic

#8CD4DE #DE8CD4 #D4DE8C

tetradic

#8CD4DE #BF8CDE #DE968C #ABDE8C

square

#8CD4DE #BF8CDE #DE968C #ABDE8C

split-complementary

#8CD4DE #DE8CAB #DEBF8C

monochromatic

#35AABA #5CC2D0 #8CD4DE #BCE6EC #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8CD4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#8CD4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4DE

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4DE	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BDAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.073 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1e8',
    500: '#8cd4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4de;
$custom-light: #b1e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82601,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4DE

secondary

#B66459

accent

#3623C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4DE

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

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