#8CD9CF#8CD9CF

#8CD9CF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.078 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9CF
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(172, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -25.95, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 26.08, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0773 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.078 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8865, 59.7032, 68.0726)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9CF #D98C96

analogous

#8CD9A9 #8CD9CF #8CBCD9

triadic

#8CD9CF #CF8CD9 #D9CF8C

tetradic

#8CD9CF #A98CD9 #D98C96 #BCD98C

square

#8CD9CF #A98CD9 #D98C96 #BCD98C

split-complementary

#8CD9CF #D98CBC #D9A98C

monochromatic

#3AB0A1 #5ECABC #8CD9CF #BAE8E2 #E8F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8CD9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#8CD9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9CF

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9CF	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.078 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e5dd',
    500: '#8cd9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9cf;
$custom-light: #b0e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.208,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83241,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9CF

secondary

#B05965

accent

#283BBE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9CF

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

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