#8BB5BB#8BB5BB

#8BB5BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.046 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5BB
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -12.58, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 14.72, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0407 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.046 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1382, 42.1230, 53.2305)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5BB #BB918B

analogous

#8BBBA9 #8BB5BB #8B9DBB

triadic

#8BB5BB #BB8BB5 #B5BB8B

tetradic

#8BB5BB #A98BBB #BB918B #9DBB8B

square

#8BB5BB #A98BBB #BB918B #9DBB8B

split-complementary

#8BB5BB #BB8B9D #BBA98B

monochromatic

#4B7A80 #649CA4 #8BB5BB #B2CED2 #D8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#8BB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5BB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5BB	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.046 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbcf',
    500: '#8bb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5bb;
$custom-light: #aecbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.04569,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5BB

secondary

#D9CBC8

accent

#4D41A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5BB

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

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