#8BB5BC#8BB5BC

#8BB5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.046 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5BC
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -12.35, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 14.79, 213.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0403 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.046 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2456, 42.1660, 53.7963)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5BC #BC928B

analogous

#8BBCAB #8BB5BC #8B9DBC

triadic

#8BB5BC #BC8BB5 #B5BC8B

tetradic

#8BB5BC #AB8BBC #BC928B #9DBC8B

square

#8BB5BC #AB8BBC #BC928B #9DBC8B

split-complementary

#8BB5BC #BC8B9D #BCAB8B

monochromatic

#4B7A82 #649CA6 #8BB5BC #B2CED2 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#8BB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5BC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5BC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.046 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd0',
    500: '#8bb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5bc;
$custom-light: #aecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74515,
    "c": 0.04598,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5BC

secondary

#DACBC9

accent

#4F40A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5BC

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

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