Light teal
#8BD2CA
#8BD2CA is a light teal with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#8BD2CA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #8BD2CA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 DEFFFB
- 100 C3F8F1
- 200 ADE6DF
- 300 8BD2CA
- 400 6EB2AA
- 500 50968F
- 600 347B74
- 700 1B615C
- 800 024A45
- 900 00332F
- 950 001E1B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #defffb; --color-teal-100: #c3f8f1; --color-teal-200: #ade6df; --color-teal-300: #8bd2ca; --color-teal-400: #6eb2aa; --color-teal-500: #50968f; --color-teal-600: #347b74; --color-teal-700: #1b615c; --color-teal-800: #024a45; --color-teal-900: #00332f; --color-teal-950: #001e1b;}Is #8BD2CA readable?
Contrast for text on #8BD2CA and for #8BD2CA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #3B827B · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #8BD2CA
Six palettes built around #8BD2CA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#8BD2CA · #2C95B5 · #25BC74 · #B4DCFF · #24302E
- Complementary#8BD2CA · #D56485 · #FF8FAD · #AEEBE4 · #202B2A
- Split complementary#8BD2CA · #B06FA5 · #EE836C · #8AF6F1 · #1B2322
- Triadic#8BD2CA · #9C7EBB · #EB9F3B · #A3F9EF · #263331
- Tetradic#8BD2CA · #7589C6 · #FF78A5 · #F8E7B5 · #1A2423
- Monochromatic#8BD2CA · #00A29C · #00D2CB · #94E7E6 · #182724
#8BD2CA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #8BD2CA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #DEFFFB
- Brand 100, #C3F8F1
- Brand 200, #ADE6DF
- Brand 300, #8BD2CA
- Brand 400, #6EB2AA
- Brand 500, #50968F
- Brand 600, #347B74
- Brand 700, #1B615C
- Brand 800, #024A45
- Brand 900, #00332F
- Brand 950, #001E1B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F4
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E6
- Neutral 300, #CFD6D5
- Neutral 400, #99A3A2
- Neutral 500, #6B7674
- Neutral 600, #4C5755
- Neutral 700, #394341
- Neutral 800, #212A29
- Neutral 900, #121A19
- Neutral 950, #050C0B
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #E0AE4D
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #8BD2CA
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