#8EC9BC#8EC9BC

#8EC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.064 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9BC
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(167, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(167, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -21.73, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 21.73, 178.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0636 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.064 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1161, 51.1528, 55.2742)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9BC #C98E9B

analogous

#8EC99F #8EC9BC #8EB8C9

triadic

#8EC9BC #BC8EC9 #C9BC8E

tetradic

#8EC9BC #9F8EC9 #C98E9B #B8C98E

square

#8EC9BC #9F8EC9 #C98E9B #B8C98E

split-complementary

#8EC9BC #C98EB8 #C99F8E

monochromatic

#479584 #65B5A3 #8EC9BC #B7DDD5 #E1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#8EC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9BC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9BC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.064 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9d0',
    500: '#8ec9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9bc;
$custom-light: #b0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.78,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9BC

secondary

#9D5F6C

accent

#3752AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9BC

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

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