#8CD8BC#8CD8BC

#8CD8BC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.086 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8BC
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 188)
HSL	hsl(158, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(158, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 13%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -29.64, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 30.32, 167.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0841 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.086 169)
XYZ	xyz(44.4449, 58.3154, 56.4813)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8BC #D88CA8

analogous

#8CD896 #8CD8BC #8CCED8

triadic

#8CD8BC #BC8CD8 #D8BC8C

tetradic

#8CD8BC #968CD8 #D88CA8 #CED88C

square

#8CD8BC #968CD8 #D88CA8 #CED88C

split-complementary

#8CD8BC #D88CCE #D8968C

monochromatic

#3BAE84 #5EC9A1 #8CD8BC #BAE7D7 #E7F7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8CD8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#8CD8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8BC

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8BC	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.086 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4d0',
    500: '#8cd8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8bc;
$custom-light: #b0e4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82469,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.58318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8BC

secondary

#AF5A79

accent

#295FBD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8BC

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

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