#8CD5DE#8CD5DE

#8CD5DE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.074 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD5DE
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -20.43, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 23.51, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0664 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.074 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7896, 58.4348, 77.8539)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD5DE #DE958C

analogous

#8CDEBE #8CD5DE #8CACDE

triadic

#8CD5DE #DE8CD5 #D5DE8C

tetradic

#8CD5DE #BE8CDE #DE958C #ACDE8C

square

#8CD5DE #BE8CDE #DE958C #ACDE8C

split-complementary

#8CD5DE #DE8CAC #DEBE8C

monochromatic

#35ACBA #5CC4D0 #8CD5DE #BCE6EC #E7F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#8CD5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD5DE

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD5DE	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.074 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2e8',
    500: '#8cd5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd5de;
$custom-light: #b1e2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.585,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82823,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD5DE

secondary

#B66359

accent

#3423C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD5DE

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

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