#8EC8BC#8EC8BC

#8EC8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.062 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8BC
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(168, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -21.23, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 21.23, 180.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0623 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.062 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8837, 50.6881, 55.1968)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8BC #C88E9A

analogous

#8EC89F #8EC8BC #8EB7C8

triadic

#8EC8BC #BC8EC8 #C8BC8E

tetradic

#8EC8BC #9F8EC8 #C88E9A #B7C88E

square

#8EC8BC #9F8EC8 #C88E9A #B7C88E

split-complementary

#8EC8BC #C88EB7 #C89F8E

monochromatic

#489484 #65B4A4 #8EC8BC #B7DCD4 #E0F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#8EC8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#8EC8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8BC

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8BC	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.062 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9d0',
    500: '#8ec8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8bc;
$custom-light: #b0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8BC

secondary

#9B5F6B

accent

#3850AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8BC

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

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