#8CDEC9#8CDEC9

#8CDEC9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.086 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDEC9
RGB	rgb(140, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(165, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -29.71, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 29.81, 175.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0858 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.086 176)
XYZ	xyz(47.4752, 62.0320, 64.7188)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDEC9 #DE8CA1

analogous

#8CDEA0 #8CDEC9 #8CCADE

triadic

#8CDEC9 #C98CDE #DEC98C

tetradic

#8CDEC9 #A08CDE #DE8CA1 #CADE8C

square

#8CDEC9 #A08CDE #DE8CA1 #CADE8C

split-complementary

#8CDEC9 #DE8CCA #DEA08C

monochromatic

#35BA98 #5CD0B3 #8CDEC9 #BCECDF #E7F8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#8CDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#8CDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDEC9

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDEC9	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.086 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e8d9',
    500: '#8cdec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdec9;
$custom-light: #b1e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.634,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84196,
    "c": 0.08604,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.62035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDEC9

secondary

#B65970

accent

#234CC3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111614

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDEC9

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

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