#8EC5CD#8EC5CD

#8EC5CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.058 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC5CD
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -15.83, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 18.59, 211.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0515 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.058 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1374, 50.0888, 65.1936)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC5CD #CD968E

analogous

#8ECDB5 #8EC5CD #8EA5CD

triadic

#8EC5CD #CD8EC5 #C5CD8E

tetradic

#8EC5CD #B58ECD #CD968E #A5CD8E

square

#8EC5CD #B58ECD #CD968E #A5CD8E

split-complementary

#8EC5CD #CD8EA5 #CDB58E

monochromatic

#45919C #64AFBA #8EC5CD #B8DBE0 #E3F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8EC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#8EC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC5CD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC5CD	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.058 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d6dc',
    500: '#8ec5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec5cd;
$custom-light: #b1d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.05799,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC5CD

secondary

#A2665D

accent

#4434B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC5CD

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

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