#8CECEB#8CECEB

#8CECEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.091 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CECEB
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 235)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -28.56, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 29.78, 196.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0882 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.091 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8003, 71.5603, 89.4532)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CECEB #EC8C8D

analogous

#8CECBB #8CECEB #8CBDEC

triadic

#8CECEB #EB8CEC #ECEB8C

tetradic

#8CECEB #BB8CEC #EC8C8D #BDEC8C

square

#8CECEB #BB8CEC #EC8C8D #BDEC8C

split-complementary

#8CECEB #EC8CBD #ECBB8C

monochromatic

#24DAD8 #57E3E2 #8CECEB #C1F5F4 #E5FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CECEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#8CECEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CECEB

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CECEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CECEB	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ceceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.091 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f2f1',
    500: '#8ceceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ceceb;
$custom-light: #b3f2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ceceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88373,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CECEB

secondary

#C75557

accent

#1214D4

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CECEB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →