#8BB9BE#8BB9BE

#8BB9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.049 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9BE
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -13.99, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 15.86, 208.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0448 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.049 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2878, 43.9029, 55.2146)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9BE #BE908B

analogous

#8BBEAA #8BB9BE #8BA0BE

triadic

#8BB9BE #BE8BB9 #B9BE8B

tetradic

#8BB9BE #AA8BBE #BE908B #A0BE8B

square

#8BB9BE #AA8BBE #BE908B #A0BE8B

split-complementary

#8BB9BE #BE8BA0 #BEAA8B

monochromatic

#4A7F84 #64A1A8 #8BB9BE #B2D1D4 #D9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#8BB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9BE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9BE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.049 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeced1',
    500: '#8bb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9be;
$custom-light: #aeced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.0492,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9BE

secondary

#DBCBCA

accent

#493FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9BE

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

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