#8EC9BF#8EC9BF

#8EC9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.062 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9BF
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(170, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(170, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -21.07, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 21.10, 182.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0623 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.062 183)
XYZ	xyz(41.4428, 51.2835, 56.9951)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9BF #C98E98

analogous

#8EC9A2 #8EC9BF #8EB5C9

triadic

#8EC9BF #BF8EC9 #C9BF8E

tetradic

#8EC9BF #A28EC9 #C98E98 #B5C98E

square

#8EC9BF #A28EC9 #C98E98 #B5C98E

split-complementary

#8EC9BF #C98EB5 #C9A28E

monochromatic

#479588 #65B5A8 #8EC9BF #B7DDD6 #E1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#8EC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9BF

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9BF	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CCBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.062 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9d2',
    500: '#8ec9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9bf;
$custom-light: #b1d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79261,
    "c": 0.06243,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.51286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9BF

secondary

#9D5F69

accent

#374BAE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9BF

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

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