#8CECEF#8CECEF

#8CECEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.091 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CECEF
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -27.59, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 29.47, 200.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0866 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.091 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3847, 71.7941, 92.5310)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CECEF #EF8F8C

analogous

#8CEFC1 #8CECEF #8CBBEF

triadic

#8CECEF #EF8CEC #ECEF8C

tetradic

#8CECEF #C18CEF #EF8F8C #BBEF8C

square

#8CECEF #C18CEF #EF8F8C #BBEF8C

split-complementary

#8CECEF #EF8CBB #EFC18C

monochromatic

#21DAE0 #56E3E8 #8CECEF #C2F5F6 #E4FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CECEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#8CECEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CECEF

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CECEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CECEF	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DF2ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cecef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.091 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f2f4',
    500: '#8cecef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cecef;
$custom-light: #b3f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cecef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88501,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CECEF

secondary

#CB5855

accent

#140ED8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CECEF

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

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