#8CEDEC#8CEDEC

#8CEDEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.092 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEDEC
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 236)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(179, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -28.80, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 30.02, 196.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0889 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.092 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2339, 72.1957, 90.3125)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEDEC #ED8C8D

analogous

#8CEDBC #8CEDEC #8CBEED

triadic

#8CEDEC #EC8CED #EDEC8C

tetradic

#8CEDEC #BC8CED #ED8C8D #BEED8C

square

#8CEDEC #BC8CED #ED8C8D #BEED8C

split-complementary

#8CEDEC #ED8CBE #EDBC8C

monochromatic

#22DCDA #57E5E3 #8CEDEC #C1F5F5 #E5FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#8CEDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#8CEDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEDEC

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEDEC	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cedec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.092 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f3f2',
    500: '#8cedec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cedec;
$custom-light: #b3f3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cedec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.381,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88628,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEDEC

secondary

#C85556

accent

#1013D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEDEC

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

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