#8BB5BD#8BB5BD

#8BB5BD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.046 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB5BD
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -12.12, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 14.88, 215.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0399 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.046 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3538, 42.2092, 54.3660)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB5BD #BD938B

analogous

#8BBDAC #8BB5BD #8B9CBD

triadic

#8BB5BD #BD8BB5 #B5BD8B

tetradic

#8BB5BD #AC8BBD #BD938B #9CBD8B

square

#8BB5BD #AC8BBD #BD938B #9CBD8B

split-complementary

#8BB5BD #BD8B9C #BDAC8B

monochromatic

#4B7A83 #649CA7 #8BB5BD #B2CED3 #D9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8BB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB5BD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB5BD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.046 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd0',
    500: '#8bb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb5bd;
$custom-light: #aecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.04632,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB5BD

secondary

#DBCCC9

accent

#503FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB5BD

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

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