#8BB8BC#8BB8BC

#8BB8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.048 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB8BC
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -13.93, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 15.54, 206.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0443 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.048 203)
XYZ	xyz(36.8622, 43.3991, 54.0018)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB8BC #BC8F8B

analogous

#8BBCA8 #8BB8BC #8BA0BC

triadic

#8BB8BC #BC8BB8 #B8BC8B

tetradic

#8BB8BC #A88BBC #BC8F8B #A0BC8B

square

#8BB8BC #A88BBC #BC8F8B #A0BC8B

split-complementary

#8BB8BC #BC8BA0 #BCA88B

monochromatic

#4B7D82 #64A0A6 #8BB8BC #B2D0D2 #D9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8BB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#8BB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB8BC

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB8BC	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.048 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecdd0',
    500: '#8bb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb8bc;
$custom-light: #aecdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.04808,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB8BC

secondary

#DACAC9

accent

#4840A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB8BC

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

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