#8AB2B8#8AB2B8

#8AB2B8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.044 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB2B8
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -11.99, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 14.12, 211.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0388 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.044 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0507, 40.7033, 51.3478)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB2B8 #B8908A

analogous

#8AB8A7 #8AB2B8 #8A9BB8

triadic

#8AB2B8 #B88AB2 #B2B88A

tetradic

#8AB2B8 #A78AB8 #B8908A #9BB88A

square

#8AB2B8 #A78AB8 #B8908A #9BB88A

split-complementary

#8AB2B8 #B88A9B #B8A78A

monochromatic

#4B767C #6499A1 #8AB2B8 #B0CBCF #D6E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8AB2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#8AB2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB2B8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB2B8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.044 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc9cd',
    500: '#8ab2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab2b8;
$custom-light: #adc9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 24.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73652,
    "c": 0.04383,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB2B8

secondary

#D7C9C7

accent

#4F43A3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB2B8

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

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