#8CECED#8CECED

#8CECED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.091 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CECED
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 237)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -28.08, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 29.60, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0874 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.091 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0909, 71.6766, 90.9836)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CECED #ED8D8C

analogous

#8CEDBE #8CECED #8CBCED

triadic

#8CECED #ED8CEC #ECED8C

tetradic

#8CECED #BE8CED #ED8D8C #BCED8C

square

#8CECED #BE8CED #ED8D8C #BCED8C

split-complementary

#8CECED #ED8CBC #EDBE8C

monochromatic

#22DADC #57E3E5 #8CECED #C1F5F5 #E5FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CECED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#8CECED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CECED

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CECED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CECED	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ceced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.091 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f2f2',
    500: '#8ceced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ceced;
$custom-light: #b3f2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ceced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.619,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88437,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CECED

secondary

#C85655

accent

#1310D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CECED

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

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