#8BB9BC#8BB9BC

#8BB9BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.049 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9BC
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -14.45, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 15.83, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0456 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.049 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0707, 43.8160, 54.0713)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9BC #BC8E8B

analogous

#8BBCA7 #8BB9BC #8BA1BC

triadic

#8BB9BC #BC8BB9 #B9BC8B

tetradic

#8BB9BC #A78BBC #BC8E8B #A1BC8B

square

#8BB9BC #A78BBC #BC8E8B #A1BC8B

split-complementary

#8BB9BC #BC8BA1 #BCA78B

monochromatic

#4B7E82 #64A2A6 #8BB9BC #B2D0D2 #D9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#8BB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9BC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9BC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.049 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeced0',
    500: '#8bb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9bc;
$custom-light: #aeced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75405,
    "c": 0.04889,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9BC

secondary

#DACAC9

accent

#4640A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9BC

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

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