#8CD5CB#8CD5CB

#8CD5CB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.074 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5CB
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -24.90, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 25.01, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0741 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.074 185)
XYZ	xyz(45.3851, 57.4730, 65.1902)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5CB #D58C96

analogous

#8CD5A7 #8CD5CB #8CBBD5

triadic

#8CD5CB #CB8CD5 #D5CB8C

tetradic

#8CD5CB #A78CD5 #D58C96 #BBD58C

square

#8CD5CB #A78CD5 #D58C96 #BBD58C

split-complementary

#8CD5CB #D58CBB #D5A78C

monochromatic

#3EA99A #5FC5B7 #8CD5CB #B9E5DF #E6F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CD5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#8CD5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5CB

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5CB	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.074 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e2da',
    500: '#8cd5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5cb;
$custom-light: #b0e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.781,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82218,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.57476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5CB

secondary

#AB5A65

accent

#2C3FBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5CB

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

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