#8CD8CA#8CD8CA

#8CD8CA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.078 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8CA
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(169, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -26.60, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 26.60, 181.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0781 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.078 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0279, 58.9486, 64.8185)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8CA #D88C9A

analogous

#8CD8A4 #8CD8CA #8CC0D8

triadic

#8CD8CA #CA8CD8 #D8CA8C

tetradic

#8CD8CA #A48CD8 #D88C9A #C0D88C

square

#8CD8CA #A48CD8 #D88C9A #C0D88C

split-complementary

#8CD8CA #D88CC0 #D8A48C

monochromatic

#3BAE99 #5EC9B5 #8CD8CA #BAE7DF #E7F7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#8CD8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8CA

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8CA	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.078 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4da',
    500: '#8cd8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8ca;
$custom-light: #b0e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.947,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8CA

secondary

#AF5A69

accent

#2944BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8CA

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

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