#8CD4E1#8CD4E1

#8CD4E1 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.074 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E1
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -19.19, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 23.47, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.064 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.074 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9445, 58.0955, 79.9067)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E1 #E1998C

analogous

#8CE1C4 #8CD4E1 #8CAAE1

triadic

#8CD4E1 #E18CD4 #D4E18C

tetradic

#8CD4E1 #C48CE1 #E1998C #AAE18C

square

#8CD4E1 #C48CE1 #E1998C #AAE18C

split-complementary

#8CD4E1 #E18CAA #E1C48C

monochromatic

#32ABC0 #5BC2D4 #8CD4E1 #BDE6EE #E7F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#8CD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E1

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E1	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ADAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.074 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1ea',
    500: '#8cd4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e1;
$custom-light: #b1e1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.07394,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E1

secondary

#B96758

accent

#391FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E1

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

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