#8CD9CD#8CD9CD

#8CD9CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.078 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9CD
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(171, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -26.41, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 26.46, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0781 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.078 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6435, 59.6060, 66.7931)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9CD #D98C98

analogous

#8CD9A6 #8CD9CD #8CBFD9

triadic

#8CD9CD #CD8CD9 #D9CD8C

tetradic

#8CD9CD #A68CD9 #D98C98 #BFD98C

square

#8CD9CD #A68CD9 #D98C98 #BFD98C

split-complementary

#8CD9CD #D98CBF #D9A68C

monochromatic

#3AB09E #5ECAB9 #8CD9CD #BAE8E1 #E8F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8CD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#8CD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9CD

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9CD	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.078 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e5dc',
    500: '#8cd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9cd;
$custom-light: #b0e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.649,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83181,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9CD

secondary

#B05967

accent

#283FBE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9CD

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

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