#08B5CE#08B5CE

#08B5CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08B5CE
RGB	rgb(8, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 93%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 96%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(96.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -28.99, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 37.25, 218.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.104 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.123 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7596, 37.5519, 64.1657)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08B5CE #CE2108

analogous

#08CE84 #08B5CE #0852CE

triadic

#08B5CE #CE08B5 #B5CE08

tetradic

#08B5CE #8408CE #CE2108 #52CE08

square

#08B5CE #8408CE #CE2108 #52CE08

split-complementary

#08B5CE #CE0852 #CE8408

monochromatic

#034D58 #068193 #08B5CE #1DDBF6 #58E4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#08B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#08B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #08B5CE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##08B5CE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7acbdd',
    500: '#08b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08b5ce;
$custom-light: #7acbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.576,
    "s": 92.523,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08B5CE

secondary

#DB6757

accent

#4429FF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0B1315

muted

#7C8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #08B5CE

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

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