#8EC5AE#8EC5AE

#8EC5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.066 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC5AE
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(155, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(155, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -22.70, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 23.44, 165.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0644 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.066 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7591, 48.7375, 47.4012)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC5AE #C58EA5

analogous

#8EC593 #8EC5AE #8EC1C5

triadic

#8EC5AE #AE8EC5 #C5AE8E

tetradic

#8EC5AE #938EC5 #C58EA5 #C1C58E

square

#8EC5AE #938EC5 #C58EA5 #C1C58E

split-complementary

#8EC5AE #C58EC1 #C5938E

monochromatic

#498F72 #66B091 #8EC5AE #B6DACB #DFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#8EC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#8EC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC5AE

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC5AE	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.066 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d6c6',
    500: '#8ec5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec5ae;
$custom-light: #b0d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.909,
    "s": 32.164,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC5AE

secondary

#E0CED6

accent

#3B6AAB

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F5FAF8

border

#CFD3D1

text

#111413

muted

#808382

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC5AE

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

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