#8CD8DC#8CD8DC

#8CD8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.075 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8DC
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -22.41, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 24.31, 202.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0708 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.075 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2847, 59.8513, 76.7044)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8DC #DC908C

analogous

#8CDCB8 #8CD8DC #8CB0DC

triadic

#8CD8DC #DC8CD8 #D8DC8C

tetradic

#8CD8DC #B88CDC #DC908C #B0DC8C

square

#8CD8DC #B88CDC #DC908C #B0DC8C

split-complementary

#8CD8DC #DC8CB0 #DCB88C

monochromatic

#37B0B6 #5DC8CE #8CD8DC #BBE8EA #E8F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#8CD8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8DC

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8DC	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.075 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e4e6',
    500: '#8cd8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8dc;
$custom-light: #b1e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83425,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8DC

secondary

#B35D59

accent

#2D25C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8DC

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

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