#8CD5CC#8CD5CC

#8CD5CC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.074 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5CC
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(173, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -24.68, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 24.83, 186.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0736 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.074 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5047, 57.5208, 65.8199)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5CC #D58C95

analogous

#8CD5A8 #8CD5CC #8CBAD5

triadic

#8CD5CC #CC8CD5 #D5CC8C

tetradic

#8CD5CC #A88CD5 #D58C95 #BAD58C

square

#8CD5CC #A88CD5 #D58C95 #BAD58C

split-complementary

#8CD5CC #D58CBA #D5A88C

monochromatic

#3EA99C #5FC5B8 #8CD5CC #B9E5E0 #E6F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CD5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#8CD5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5CC

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5CC	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)

#CECDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.074 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e2db',
    500: '#8cd5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5cc;
$custom-light: #b0e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.07407,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5CC

secondary

#AB5A64

accent

#2C3DBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5CC

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

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