#8CD4E2#8CD4E2

#8CD4E2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.074 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD4E2
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(190, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -18.94, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 23.56, 216.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0636 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.074 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0813, 58.1503, 80.6273)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD4E2 #E29A8C

analogous

#8CE2C5 #8CD4E2 #8CA9E2

triadic

#8CD4E2 #E28CD4 #D4E28C

tetradic

#8CD4E2 #C58CE2 #E29A8C #A9E28C

square

#8CD4E2 #C58CE2 #E29A8C #A9E28C

split-complementary

#8CD4E2 #E28CA9 #E2C58C

monochromatic

#31ABC3 #5BC2D6 #8CD4E2 #BDE6EE #E7F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#8CD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD4E2

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD4E2	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ADAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.074 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e1eb',
    500: '#8cd4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd4e2;
$custom-light: #b1e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82737,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD4E2

secondary

#BA6858

accent

#3A1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD4E2

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

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