#8ECDC2#8ECDC2

#8ECDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.066 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECDC2
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(170, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -22.41, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 22.43, 182.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0662 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.066 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7210, 53.3062, 59.0666)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECDC2 #CD8E99

analogous

#8ECDA2 #8ECDC2 #8EB8CD

triadic

#8ECDC2 #C28ECD #CDC28E

tetradic

#8ECDC2 #A28ECD #CD8E99 #B8CD8E

square

#8ECDC2 #A28ECD #CD8E99 #B8CD8E

split-complementary

#8ECDC2 #CD8EB8 #CDA28E

monochromatic

#459C8D #64BAAB #8ECDC2 #B8E0D9 #E3F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8ECDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#8ECDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECDC2

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECDC2	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ACFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.066 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dcd4',
    500: '#8ecdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecdc2;
$custom-light: #b1dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.06623,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECDC2

secondary

#A25D69

accent

#344AB2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECDC2

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

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