#8CEDE4#8CEDE4

#8CEDE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.093 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEDE4
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 228)
HSL	hsl(174, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(174, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -30.70, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 31.05, 188.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0922 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.093 188)
XYZ	xyz(55.0976, 71.7412, 84.3278)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEDE4 #ED8C95

analogous

#8CEDB4 #8CEDE4 #8CC6ED

triadic

#8CEDE4 #E48CED #EDE48C

tetradic

#8CEDE4 #B48CED #ED8C95 #C6ED8C

square

#8CEDE4 #B48CED #ED8C95 #C6ED8C

split-complementary

#8CEDE4 #ED8CC6 #EDB48C

monochromatic

#22DCCB #57E5D8 #8CEDE4 #C1F5F0 #E5FBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8CEDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#8CEDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEDE4

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEDE4	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)

#E4E4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cede4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.093 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f3ec',
    500: '#8cede4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cede4;
$custom-light: #b2f3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cede4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.433,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8838,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.71745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEDE4

secondary

#C85560

accent

#1023D5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFD

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEDE4

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

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