#8EC8CD#8EC8CD

#8EC8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.060 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC8CD
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -17.37, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 19.34, 206.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0553 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.06 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8254, 51.4648, 65.4229)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC8CD #CD938E

analogous

#8ECDB2 #8EC8CD #8EA8CD

triadic

#8EC8CD #CD8EC8 #C8CD8E

tetradic

#8EC8CD #B28ECD #CD938E #A8CD8E

square

#8EC8CD #B28ECD #CD938E #A8CD8E

split-complementary

#8EC8CD #CD8EA8 #CDB28E

monochromatic

#45959C #64B3BA #8EC8CD #B8DDE0 #E3F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8EC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#8EC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC8CD

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC8CD	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.060 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d8dc',
    500: '#8ec8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec8cd;
$custom-light: #b1d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.06001,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC8CD

secondary

#A2635D

accent

#3E34B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC8CD

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

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