#8EC4CD#8EC4CD

#8EC4CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.057 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC4CD
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -15.32, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 18.37, 213.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0503 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.057 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9111, 49.6362, 65.1182)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC4CD #CD978E

analogous

#8ECDB6 #8EC4CD #8EA4CD

triadic

#8EC4CD #CD8EC4 #C4CD8E

tetradic

#8EC4CD #B68ECD #CD978E #A4CD8E

square

#8EC4CD #B68ECD #CD978E #A4CD8E

split-complementary

#8EC4CD #CD8EA4 #CDB68E

monochromatic

#458F9C #64AEBA #8EC4CD #B8DAE0 #E3F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8EC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#8EC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC4CD

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC4CD	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.057 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d6dc',
    500: '#8ec4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec4cd;
$custom-light: #b1d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7859,
    "c": 0.0574,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC4CD

secondary

#E5D5D2

accent

#4634B2

background

#FBFDFD

surface

#F6FAFB

border

#D0D3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC4CD

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

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