Teal
#8CC3AB
#8CC3AB is a teal with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#8CC3AB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #8CC3AB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 E2FFF1
- 100 CDF6E3
- 200 B8E5D1
- 300 8CC3AB
- 400 7CB09A
- 500 5F957E
- 600 457A64
- 700 2F614D
- 800 1B4A38
- 900 0A3425
- 950 001E14
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #e2fff1; --color-teal-100: #cdf6e3; --color-teal-200: #b8e5d1; --color-teal-300: #8cc3ab; --color-teal-400: #7cb09a; --color-teal-500: #5f957e; --color-teal-600: #457a64; --color-teal-700: #2f614d; --color-teal-800: #1b4a38; --color-teal-900: #0a3425; --color-teal-950: #001e14;}Is #8CC3AB readable?
Contrast for text on #8CC3AB and for #8CC3AB 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 · 2.0APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.4APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #4C816C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.4APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #8CC3AB
Six palettes built around #8CC3AB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#8CC3AB · #009297 · #5EC95A · #B9EDFF · #1E2C26
- Complementary#8CC3AB · #C66690 · #F26ACC · #A5F8D0 · #1A2C26
- Split complementary#8CC3AB · #C18AE0 · #FF8891 · #83F6D1 · #1C2522
- Triadic#8CC3AB · #8D7BD1 · #F48455 · #ACE9C7 · #13251E
- Tetradic#8CC3AB · #5781C2 · #F96AB2 · #FFDD9C · #26352F
- Monochromatic#8CC3AB · #42B382 · #00C798 · #A8F4C8 · #1E2D26
#8CC3AB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #8CC3AB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #E2FFF1
- Brand 100, #CDF6E3
- Brand 200, #B8E5D1
- Brand 300, #8CC3AB
- Brand 400, #7CB09A
- Brand 500, #5F957E
- Brand 600, #457A64
- Brand 700, #2F614D
- Brand 800, #1B4A38
- Brand 900, #0A3425
- Brand 950, #001E14
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F4
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D0D6D3
- Neutral 400, #9BA39F
- Neutral 500, #6C7671
- Neutral 600, #4D5752
- Neutral 700, #3A433F
- Neutral 800, #222A26
- Neutral 900, #131A17
- Neutral 950, #060C09
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFED
- Success 100, #B5FFD3
- Success 200, #9CEFBF
- Success 300, #7AD6A3
- Success 400, #55BA85
- Success 500, #3DA973
- Success 600, #008250
- Success 700, #00663E
- Success 800, #004D2D
- Success 900, #00351E
- Success 950, #001F0F
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #DDAC4A
- 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 9.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.9:1.
- 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 #8CC3AB
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.