#8EC9CD#8EC9CD

#8EC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.061 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9CD
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -17.88, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 19.62, 204.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0566 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.061 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0577, 51.9295, 65.5004)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9CD #CD928E

analogous

#8ECDB1 #8EC9CD #8EA9CD

triadic

#8EC9CD #CD8EC9 #C9CD8E

tetradic

#8EC9CD #B18ECD #CD928E #A9CD8E

square

#8EC9CD #B18ECD #CD928E #A9CD8E

split-complementary

#8EC9CD #CD8EA9 #CDB18E

monochromatic

#45969C #64B5BA #8EC9CD #B8DDE0 #E3F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8EC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#8EC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9CD

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9CD	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.061 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d9dc',
    500: '#8ec9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9cd;
$custom-light: #b1d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.797,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9CD

secondary

#A2625D

accent

#3C34B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9CD

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

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