#8EC8AD#8EC8AD

#8EC8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.071 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8AD
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(152, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(152, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -24.39, 7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 25.53, 162.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0687 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.071 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3500, 50.0746, 47.1191)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8AD #C88EA9

analogous

#8EC890 #8EC8AD #8EC6C8

triadic

#8EC8AD #AD8EC8 #C8AD8E

tetradic

#8EC8AD #908EC8 #C88EA9 #C6C88E

square

#8EC8AD #908EC8 #C88EA9 #C6C88E

split-complementary

#8EC8AD #C88EC6 #C8908E

monochromatic

#489470 #65B48F #8EC8AD #B7DCCB #E0F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8EC8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#8EC8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8AD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8AD	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)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.071 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9c5',
    500: '#8ec8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8ad;
$custom-light: #b0d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.069,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78523,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8AD

secondary

#9B5F7B

accent

#386FAD

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F7FBF9

border

#D0D4D2

text

#111412

muted

#818382

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8AD

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

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