#8DC9CD#8DC9CD

#8DC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.062 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC9CD
RGB	rgb(141, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -18.16, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 19.91, 204.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0575 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.062 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8869, 51.8414, 65.4924)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC9CD #CD918D

analogous

#8DCDB1 #8DC9CD #8DA9CD

triadic

#8DC9CD #CD8DC9 #C9CD8D

tetradic

#8DC9CD #B18DCD #CD918D #A9CD8D

square

#8DC9CD #B18DCD #CD918D #A9CD8D

split-complementary

#8DC9CD #CD8DA9 #CDB18D

monochromatic

#44969B #62B5BA #8DC9CD #B8DDE0 #E2F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8DC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#8DC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC9CD

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC9CD	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.062 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9dc',
    500: '#8dc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc9cd;
$custom-light: #b0d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.06167,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC9CD

secondary

#A2615C

accent

#3B33B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC9CD

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

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