#8BB9BB#8BB9BB

#8BB9BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.049 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9BB
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -14.68, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 15.85, 202.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.046 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.049 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9633, 43.7731, 53.5055)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9BB #BB8D8B

analogous

#8BBBA5 #8BB9BB #8BA1BB

triadic

#8BB9BB #BB8BB9 #B9BB8B

tetradic

#8BB9BB #A58BBB #BB8D8B #A1BB8B

square

#8BB9BB #A58BBB #BB8D8B #A1BB8B

split-complementary

#8BB9BB #BB8BA1 #BBA58B

monochromatic

#4B7E80 #64A2A4 #8BB9BB #B2D0D2 #D8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8BB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9BB

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9BB	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.049 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aececf',
    500: '#8bb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9bb;
$custom-light: #aececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9BB

secondary

#D9C9C8

accent

#4541A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9BB

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

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