#8CD9CA#8CD9CA

#8CD9CA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.079 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9CA
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(168, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -27.08, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 27.08, 180.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0794 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.079 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2849, 59.4625, 64.9042)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9CA #D98C9B

analogous

#8CD9A4 #8CD9CA #8CC1D9

triadic

#8CD9CA #CA8CD9 #D9CA8C

tetradic

#8CD9CA #A48CD9 #D98C9B #C1D98C

square

#8CD9CA #A48CD9 #D98C9B #C1D98C

split-complementary

#8CD9CA #D98CC1 #D9A48C

monochromatic

#3AB099 #5ECAB5 #8CD9CA #BAE8DF #E8F7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#8CD9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9CA

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9CA	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.079 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e5da',
    500: '#8cd9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9ca;
$custom-light: #b0e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.312,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83092,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9CA

secondary

#B0596A

accent

#2845BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9CA

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

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