#8CD5DD#8CD5DD

#8CD5DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.073 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5DD
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -20.67, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 23.48, 208.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0667 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.073 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6560, 58.3813, 77.1501)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5DD #DD948C

analogous

#8CDDBC #8CD5DD #8CACDD

triadic

#8CD5DD #DD8CD5 #D5DD8C

tetradic

#8CD5DD #BC8CDD #DD948C #ACDD8C

square

#8CD5DD #BC8CDD #DD948C #ACDD8C

split-complementary

#8CD5DD #DD8CAC #DDBC8C

monochromatic

#36ABB8 #5DC4CF #8CD5DD #BBE6EB #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#8CD5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5DD

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5DD	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.073 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2e7',
    500: '#8cd5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5dd;
$custom-light: #b1e2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8279,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5DD

secondary

#B46259

accent

#3324C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5DD

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

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