#8CDCD9#8CDCD9

#8CDCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.079 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDCD9
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -25.10, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 25.87, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0768 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.079 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9282, 61.7684, 74.9764)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDCD9 #DC8C8F

analogous

#8CDCB1 #8CDCD9 #8CB7DC

triadic

#8CDCD9 #D98CDC #DCD98C

tetradic

#8CDCD9 #B18CDC #DC8C8F #B7DC8C

square

#8CDCD9 #B18CDC #DC8C8F #B7DC8C

split-complementary

#8CDCD9 #DC8CB7 #DCB18C

monochromatic

#37B6B1 #5DCEC9 #8CDCD9 #BBEAE9 #E8F8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#8CDCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#8CDCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDCD9

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDCD9	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CE0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.079 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e7e4',
    500: '#8cdcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdcd9;
$custom-light: #b1e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84224,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDCD9

secondary

#B3595C

accent

#252BC1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDCD9

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

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