#8CECEE#8CECEE

#8CECEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.091 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CECEE
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 238)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -27.83, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 29.53, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.087 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.091 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2374, 71.7352, 91.7551)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CECEE #EE8E8C

analogous

#8CEEBF #8CECEE #8CBBEE

triadic

#8CECEE #EE8CEC #ECEE8C

tetradic

#8CECEE #BF8CEE #EE8E8C #BBEE8C

square

#8CECEE #BF8CEE #EE8E8C #BBEE8C

split-complementary

#8CECEE #EE8CBB #EEBF8C

monochromatic

#21DADE #57E3E6 #8CECEE #C1F5F6 #E4FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CECEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#8CECEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CECEE

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CECEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CECEE	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cecee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.091 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f2f3',
    500: '#8cecee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cecee;
$custom-light: #b3f2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cecee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88469,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CECEE

secondary

#C95755

accent

#130FD6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CECEE

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

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