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#c8f7ec

a pale, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Pale Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Whisper Teal

RGB
200, 247, 236
HSL
166°, 75%, 88%
CMYK
19, 0, 5, 3
Luminance
0.8486

#c8f7ec is a pale vivid cyan, 166° on the wheel and 82/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.97:1). As text it scores 1.17:1 on white — use #13846A instead. Nearest name is Pale Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(166 75% 88%)rgb(200 247 236)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c8f7ec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c8f7ec
Hue
166°
cyan
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8486
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
82/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.97:1
Closest name
Pale Turquoise
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
17.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.940
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 21.3
Web-safe
#CCFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue166° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c8f7ec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool82% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green78%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c8f7ec
HEX (8-digit)#c8f7ecff
RGBrgb(200, 247, 236)
RGBArgba(200, 247, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(166, 75%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 19%, 97%)
HWBhwb(166 78% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 5%, 3%)
LABlab(93.8 -17.1 0.3)
LCHlch(93.8 17.1 178.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.940 0.050 179.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(72.22, 84.85, 91.91)
Decimal13170668
Display P3color(display-p3 0.784 0.969 0.925)
Web-safe#CCFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c8f7ec;
background-color: #c8f7ec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c8f7ec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c8f7ec] bg-[#c8f7ec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c8f7ec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.784, green: 0.969, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.784, green: 0.969, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C8F7EC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC8F7EC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC8F7EC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 247, 200)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(200, 247, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(200, 247, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 200, 247, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7843f, 0.9686f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{200,247,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c8f7ec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c8f7ec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#106F59, #D3EEE8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c8f7ec h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCFA;
  --brand-100: #E7F9F4;
  --brand-200: #c8f7ec;
  --brand-300: #9DF1DD;
  --brand-400: #6CEACC;
  --brand-500: #3BE3BB;
  --brand-600: #1FD6AB;
  --brand-700: #1AB28F;
  --brand-800: #158E72;
  --brand-900: #136754;
  --brand-950: #0C4134;
  --brand: #c8f7ec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE2;
  --brand-hover: #A9F2E1;
  --brand-pressed: #89EED6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142421;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCFA',
        100: '#E7F9F4',
        200: '#c8f7ec',
        300: '#9DF1DD',
        400: '#6CEACC',
        500: '#3BE3BB',
        600: '#1FD6AB',
        700: '#1AB28F',
        800: '#158E72',
        900: '#136754',
        950: '#0C4134',
        DEFAULT: '#c8f7ec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCFA,
  '100': #E7F9F4,
  '200': #c8f7ec,
  '300': #9DF1DD,
  '400': #6CEACC,
  '500': #3BE3BB,
  '600': #1FD6AB,
  '700': #1AB28F,
  '800': #158E72,
  '900': #136754,
  '950': #0C4134,
);
$brand-base: #c8f7ec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCFA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F9F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c8f7ec", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9DF1DD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6CEACC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3BE3BB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1FD6AB", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1AB28F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#158E72", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#136754", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C4134", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #c8f7ec · 17.97:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c8f7ec as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 17.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #106F59 at 5.22:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#13846A · 4.63:1
AA on white−58% L
#13846A
The quick fox
#0F6551 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−65% L
#0F6551
The quick fox
#c8f7ec · 17.97:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c8f7ec
The quick fox
#c8f7ec · 17.97:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c8f7ec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #18A786 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c8f7ec on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c8f7ec on black: 17.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c8f7ec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c8f7ec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.17:1AaAa
Slate 501.12:1AaAa
Slate 1001.07:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.27:1AaAa
Slate 4002.19:1AaAa
Slate 5004.07:1AaAa
Slate 6006.48:1AaAa
Slate 7008.86:1AaAa
Slate 80012.52:1AaAa
Slate 90015.28:1AaAa
Black17.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F3F1EC
deuteranopia · #EAEBED
tritanopia · #BCF9F4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c8f7ec is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FCFA
#E7F9F4
#c8f7ec
#9DF1DD
#6CEACC
#3BE3BB
#1FD6AB
#1AB28F
#158E72
#136754
#0C4134
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3FCFADarkest = 950 · #0C4134Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.013 179.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 179.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 179.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.039 179.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.046 179.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.050 179.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.050 179.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.047 179.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.042 179.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.035 179.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 179.3);
}

Colors that work with #c8f7ec

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDE2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B88
Captions on the surface
Accent#B51764
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#106F59
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142421
Dark-mode background
Hover#A9F2E1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#89EED6
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D7FCF3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c8f7ec

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #106F59
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #18A786

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight12/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F7C8D3
Analogous left#C8F7D4
Analogous right#C8EAF7
Split-complement 1#F7C8EA
Split-complement 2#F7D4C8
Triadic 1#ECC8F7
Triadic 2#F7ECC8
Tetradic#D4C8F7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°166°

#c8f7ec sits at 166°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.4%
Green96.9%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
200
0xc8
G · 0–255
247
0xf7
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow4.5%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 27%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c8f7ec text on a black background

contrast 17.97:1

Card sample

#c8f7ec text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

#c8f7ec on grey

1.07:1

#c8f7ec on its own surface

1.11:1

#c8f7ec on its dark surface

13.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c8f7ec;
Background color
Panel with #c8f7ec background
background-color: #c8f7ec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c8f7ec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(200, 247, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(200, 247, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c8f7ec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8f7ec, #C8E3F7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c8f7ec, #C8D7F7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c8f7ec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c8f7ec;
caret-color: #c8f7ec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c8f7ec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c8f7ec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c8f7ec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c8f7ec over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(200, 247, 236, 0.5)
rgb(200 247 236 / 50%)
#c8f7ec80
hsl(166 75% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c8f7ec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c8f7ec1a#FAFEFD
20%#c8f7ec33#F4FDFB
40%#c8f7ec66#E9FCF7
60%#c8f7ec99#DEFAF4
80%#c8f7eccc#D3F9F0

Gradients from #c8f7ec

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDFCF9, #c8f7ec 45%, #106F59);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c8f7ec, #ADCFF3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c8f7ec, #F7C8D3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2FDFA 0%, #c8f7ec 45%, #106F59 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F4FDF6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E3F2FB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #106F59 0%, transparent 65%), #c8f7ec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c8f7ec

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#c8f7ec in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.97:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c8f7ec, answered

What color is #c8f7ec?

#c8f7ec is a pale vivid cyan, closest to Pale Turquoise (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 166° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c8f7ec?

rgb(200, 247, 236) — 200 red, 247 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 78.4% / 96.9% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #c8f7ec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(166, 75%, 88%) and hsv(166, 19%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c8f7ec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8486 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 17.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c8f7ec?

Black. It scores 17.97:1 against #c8f7ec, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c8f7ec accessible on a white background?

#c8f7ec on white scores 1.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #13846A to reach 4.5:1, or #0F6551 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c8f7ec?

#F7C8D3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F7C8EA and #F7D4C8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c8f7ec?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDE2 for borders, #4B9B88 for secondary text, #B51764 as an accent and #106F59 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C8F7D4 and #C8EAF7 stays calm, while #F7C8D3 is the loudest partner.

What is #c8f7ec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 0%, 5%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c8f7ec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 82 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C8F7DB; nudged cooler, #C7F1F8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c8f7ec?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 21.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c8f7ec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c8f7ec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c8f7ec] or text-[#c8f7ec], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c8f7ec with 50% opacity?

rgba(200, 247, 236, 0.5), or #c8f7ec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E4FBF6; over black, #647C76.

Is #c8f7ec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFFF, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c8f7ec mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c8f7ec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDFCF9, #c8f7ec 45%, #106F59). For more colour, a short hue run to #ADCFF3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c8f7ec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c8f7ec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.