#8ECBC4#8ECBC4

#8ECBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.063 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECBC4
RGB	rgb(142, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(173, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -20.96, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 21.14, 187.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0628 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.063 187)
XYZ	xyz(42.4717, 52.4459, 60.0990)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECBC4 #CB8E95

analogous

#8ECBA6 #8ECBC4 #8EB3CB

triadic

#8ECBC4 #C48ECB #CBC48E

tetradic

#8ECBC4 #A68ECB #CB8E95 #B3CB8E

square

#8ECBC4 #A68ECB #CB8E95 #B3CB8E

split-complementary

#8ECBC4 #CB8EB3 #CBA68E

monochromatic

#46988F #64B8AE #8ECBC4 #B8DEDA #E2F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8ECBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#8ECBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECBC4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECBC4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ACEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.063 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dbd5',
    500: '#8ecbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecbc4;
$custom-light: #b1dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.06328,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.52448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECBC4

secondary

#9F5E65

accent

#3644B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECBC4

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

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