#8CD8CB#8CD8CB

#8CD8CB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.078 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8CB
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(170, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -26.37, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 26.39, 182.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0777 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.078 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1467, 58.9961, 65.4441)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8CB #D88C99

analogous

#8CD8A5 #8CD8CB #8CBFD8

triadic

#8CD8CB #CB8CD8 #D8CB8C

tetradic

#8CD8CB #A58CD8 #D88C99 #BFD88C

square

#8CD8CB #A58CD8 #D88C99 #BFD88C

split-complementary

#8CD8CB #D88CBF #D8A58C

monochromatic

#3BAE9B #5EC9B6 #8CD8CB #BAE7E0 #E7F7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#8CD8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8CB

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8CB	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.078 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4da',
    500: '#8cd8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8cb;
$custom-light: #b0e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.737,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8CB

secondary

#AF5A68

accent

#2942BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8CB

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

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