#8CDEE5#8CDEE5

#8CDEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.081 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDEE5
RGB	rgb(140, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -23.20, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 25.81, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0743 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.081 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0742, 63.4716, 83.6735)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDEE5 #E5938C

analogous

#8CE5C0 #8CDEE5 #8CB2E5

triadic

#8CDEE5 #E58CDE #DEE58C

tetradic

#8CDEE5 #C08CE5 #E5938C #B2E58C

square

#8CDEE5 #C08CE5 #E5938C #B2E58C

split-complementary

#8CDEE5 #E58CB2 #E5C08C

monochromatic

#2DBDC9 #5AD0DA #8CDEE5 #BEECF0 #E6F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#8CDEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#8CDEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDEE5

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDEE5	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.081 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e8ed',
    500: '#8cdee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdee5;
$custom-light: #b2e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.719,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85057,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDEE5

secondary

#BE5F57

accent

#281BCB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDEE5

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

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