#8BB6BC#8BB6BC

#8BB6BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.047 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB6BC
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -12.88, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 15.02, 210.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0416 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.047 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4497, 42.5741, 53.8643)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB6BC #BC918B

analogous

#8BBCAA #8BB6BC #8B9EBC

triadic

#8BB6BC #BC8BB6 #B6BC8B

tetradic

#8BB6BC #AA8BBC #BC918B #9EBC8B

square

#8BB6BC #AA8BBC #BC918B #9EBC8B

split-complementary

#8BB6BC #BC8B9E #BCAA8B

monochromatic

#4B7B82 #649EA6 #8BB6BC #B2CED2 #D9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB6BC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB6BC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.047 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeccd0',
    500: '#8bb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb6bc;
$custom-light: #aeccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.04664,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB6BC

secondary

#DACBC9

accent

#4D40A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB6BC

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

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