#8BB8A5#8BB8A5

#8BB8A5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.055 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8A5
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(155, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(155, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -18.95, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 19.54, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0539 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.055 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5774, 42.4852, 41.9686)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8A5 #B88B9E

analogous

#8BB88E #8BB8A5 #8BB4B8

triadic

#8BB8A5 #A58BB8 #B8A58B

tetradic

#8BB8A5 #8E8BB8 #B88B9E #B4B88B

square

#8BB8A5 #8E8BB8 #B88B9E #B4B88B

split-complementary

#8BB8A5 #B88BB4 #B88E8B

monochromatic

#4C7C68 #65A188 #8BB8A5 #B1CFC2 #D7E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8BB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8A5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8A5	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.055 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcdbf',
    500: '#8bb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8a5;
$custom-light: #adcdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.667,
    "s": 24.064,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.0553,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8A5

secondary

#D7C7CE

accent

#436BA3

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8A5

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

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