#8CD8CD#8CD8CD

#8CD8CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.077 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8CD
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(171, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -25.92, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 26.00, 184.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0769 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.077 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3866, 59.0921, 66.7074)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8CD #D88C97

analogous

#8CD8A7 #8CD8CD #8CBDD8

triadic

#8CD8CD #CD8CD8 #D8CD8C

tetradic

#8CD8CD #A78CD8 #D88C97 #BDD88C

square

#8CD8CD #A78CD8 #D88C97 #BDD88C

split-complementary

#8CD8CD #D88CBD #D8A78C

monochromatic

#3BAE9E #5EC9B9 #8CD8CD #BAE7E1 #E7F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8CD8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#8CD8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8CD

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8CD	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.077 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4dc',
    500: '#8cd8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8cd;
$custom-light: #b0e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.316,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8CD

secondary

#AF5A66

accent

#293EBD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8CD

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

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