#8CEDEB#8CEDEB

#8CEDEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.092 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEDEB
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 235)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -29.04, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 30.12, 195.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0893 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.092 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0891, 72.1378, 89.5495)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEDEB #ED8C8E

analogous

#8CEDBB #8CEDEB #8CBFED

triadic

#8CEDEB #EB8CED #EDEB8C

tetradic

#8CEDEB #BB8CED #ED8C8E #BFED8C

square

#8CEDEB #BB8CED #ED8C8E #BFED8C

split-complementary

#8CEDEB #ED8CBF #EDBB8C

monochromatic

#22DCD8 #57E5E2 #8CEDEB #C1F5F4 #E5FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#8CEDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#8CEDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEDEB

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEDEB	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60F2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cedeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.092 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f3f1',
    500: '#8cedeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cedeb;
$custom-light: #b3f3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cedeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.763,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88596,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEDEB

secondary

#C85558

accent

#1015D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEDEB

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

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