#8CEDE2#8CEDE2

#8CEDE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.094 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEDE2
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 226)
HSL	hsl(173, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(173, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -31.17, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 31.38, 186.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.093 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.094 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8216, 71.6308, 82.8740)
Luminance	0.7164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEDE2 #ED8C97

analogous

#8CEDB2 #8CEDE2 #8CC8ED

triadic

#8CEDE2 #E28CED #EDE28C

tetradic

#8CEDE2 #B28CED #ED8C97 #C8ED8C

square

#8CEDE2 #B28CED #ED8C97 #C8ED8C

split-complementary

#8CEDE2 #ED8CC8 #EDB28C

monochromatic

#22DCC7 #57E5D5 #8CEDE2 #C1F5EF #E5FBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CEDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#8CEDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEDE2

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEDE2	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64F1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cede2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.094 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f3eb',
    500: '#8cede2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cede2;
$custom-light: #b2f3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cede2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.196,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88319,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEDE2

secondary

#C85562

accent

#1027D5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFD

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEDE2

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

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