#8CECD9#8CECD9

#8CECD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.096 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CECD9
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 217)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(168, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 8.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -32.76, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 32.76, 179.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0956 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.096 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3302, 70.5723, 76.4438)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CECD9 #EC8C9F

analogous

#8CECA9 #8CECD9 #8CCFEC

triadic

#8CECD9 #D98CEC #ECD98C

tetradic

#8CECD9 #A98CEC #EC8C9F #CFEC8C

square

#8CECD9 #A98CEC #EC8C9F #CFEC8C

split-complementary

#8CECD9 #EC8CCF #ECA98C

monochromatic

#24DAB6 #57E3C8 #8CECD9 #C1F5EA #E5FBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#8CECD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#8CECD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CECD9

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CECD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CECD9	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cecd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.096 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f2e4',
    500: '#8cecd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cecd9;
$custom-light: #b2f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cecd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.125,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87828,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CECD9

secondary

#C7556C

accent

#1238D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CECD9

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

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