#8CD9DC#8CD9DC

#8CD9DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.076 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD9DC
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(182, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -22.91, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 24.61, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.072 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.076 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5417, 60.3653, 76.7901)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD9DC #DC8F8C

analogous

#8CDCB7 #8CD9DC #8CB1DC

triadic

#8CD9DC #DC8CD9 #D9DC8C

tetradic

#8CD9DC #B78CDC #DC8F8C #B1DC8C

square

#8CD9DC #B78CDC #DC8F8C #B1DC8C

split-complementary

#8CD9DC #DC8CB1 #DCB78C

monochromatic

#37B1B6 #5DC9CE #8CD9DC #BBE9EA #E8F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8CD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#8CD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD9DC

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD9DC	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BDEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.076 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e5e6',
    500: '#8cd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd9dc;
$custom-light: #b1e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83648,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD9DC

secondary

#B35C59

accent

#2B25C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD9DC

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

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