#8BB9BF#8BB9BF

#8BB9BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.049 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB9BF
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -13.76, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 15.91, 210.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0444 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.049 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3974, 43.9467, 55.7922)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB9BF #BF918B

analogous

#8BBFAB #8BB9BF #8B9FBF

triadic

#8BB9BF #BF8BB9 #B9BF8B

tetradic

#8BB9BF #AB8BBF #BF918B #9FBF8B

square

#8BB9BF #AB8BBF #BF918B #9FBF8B

split-complementary

#8BB9BF #BF8B9F #BFAB8B

monochromatic

#4A7F86 #64A1A9 #8BB9BF #B2D1D5 #DAE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8BB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#8BB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB9BF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB9BF	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.049 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeced2',
    500: '#8bb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb9bf;
$custom-light: #aeced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.04943,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB9BF

secondary

#DCCCCA

accent

#4A3EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB9BF

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

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