#8CD6DC#8CD6DC

#8CD6DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.074 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD6DC
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(185, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -21.41, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 23.74, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0683 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.074 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7755, 58.8328, 76.5347)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD6DC #DC928C

analogous

#8CDCBA #8CD6DC #8CAEDC

triadic

#8CD6DC #DC8CD6 #D6DC8C

tetradic

#8CD6DC #BA8CDC #DC928C #AEDC8C

square

#8CD6DC #BA8CDC #DC928C #AEDC8C

split-complementary

#8CD6DC #DC8CAE #DCBA8C

monochromatic

#37ADB6 #5DC5CE #8CD6DC #BBE7EA #E8F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#8CD6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD6DC

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD6DC	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.074 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e2e6',
    500: '#8cd6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd6dc;
$custom-light: #b1e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82979,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD6DC

secondary

#B36059

accent

#3025C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD6DC

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

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