#8CEDEA#8CEDEA

#8CEDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.092 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEDEA
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 234)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -29.28, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 30.23, 194.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0897 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.092 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9450, 72.0801, 88.7908)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEDEA #ED8C8F

analogous

#8CEDBA #8CEDEA #8CC0ED

triadic

#8CEDEA #EA8CED #EDEA8C

tetradic

#8CEDEA #BA8CED #ED8C8F #C0ED8C

square

#8CEDEA #BA8CED #ED8C8F #C0ED8C

split-complementary

#8CEDEA #ED8CC0 #EDBA8C

monochromatic

#22DCD6 #57E5E0 #8CEDEA #C1F5F4 #E5FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#8CEDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#8CEDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEDEA

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEDEA	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cedea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.092 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f3f0',
    500: '#8cedea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cedea;
$custom-light: #b3f3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cedea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.144,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88565,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEDEA

secondary

#C85559

accent

#1017D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEDEA

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

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