#8BBBB5#8BBBB5

#8BBBB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.051 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBBB5
RGB	rgb(139, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -17.06, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 17.19, 187.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0511 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.051 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7557, 44.3642, 50.3336)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBBB5 #BB8B91

analogous

#8BBB9D #8BBBB5 #8BA9BB

triadic

#8BBBB5 #B58BBB #BBB58B

tetradic

#8BBBB5 #9D8BBB #BB8B91 #A9BB8B

square

#8BBBB5 #9D8BBB #BB8B91 #A9BB8B

split-complementary

#8BBBB5 #BB8BA9 #BB9D8B

monochromatic

#4B807A #64A49C #8BBBB5 #B2D2CE #D8E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#8BBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBBB5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBBB5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DBDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.051 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecfcb',
    500: '#8bbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbbb5;
$custom-light: #aecfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75631,
    "c": 0.05144,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBBB5

secondary

#D9C8CB

accent

#414DA5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBBB5

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

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