#8EC9B7#8EC9B7

#8EC9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.066 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9B7
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 183)
HSL	hsl(162, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(162, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -22.81, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 22.99, 172.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0657 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.066 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5864, 50.9410, 52.4846)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9B7 #C98EA0

analogous

#8EC99A #8EC9B7 #8EBDC9

triadic

#8EC9B7 #B78EC9 #C9B78E

tetradic

#8EC9B7 #9A8EC9 #C98EA0 #BDC98E

square

#8EC9B7 #9A8EC9 #C98EA0 #BDC98E

split-complementary

#8EC9B7 #C98EBD #C99A8E

monochromatic

#47957D #65B59D #8EC9B7 #B7DDD1 #E1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8EC9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#8EC9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9B7

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9B7	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ECAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.066 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9cc',
    500: '#8ec9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9b7;
$custom-light: #b0d9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79027,
    "c": 0.06613,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9B7

secondary

#9D5F71

accent

#375CAE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFA

border

#D0D4D3

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9B7

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

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