#8CD8DD#8CD8DD

#8CD8DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.075 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD8DD
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -22.17, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 24.28, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0704 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.075 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4175, 59.9045, 77.4040)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD8DD #DD918C

analogous

#8CDDB9 #8CD8DD #8CAFDD

triadic

#8CD8DD #DD8CD8 #D8DD8C

tetradic

#8CD8DD #B98CDD #DD918C #AFDD8C

square

#8CD8DD #B98CDD #DD918C #AFDD8C

split-complementary

#8CD8DD #DD8CAF #DDB98C

monochromatic

#36B0B8 #5DC8CF #8CD8DD #BBE8EB #E7F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#8CD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD8DD

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD8DD	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BDDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.075 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e4e7',
    500: '#8cd8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd8dd;
$custom-light: #b1e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.704,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83458,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD8DD

secondary

#B45E59

accent

#2D24C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD8DD

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

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