#8BBBB9#8BBBB9

#8BBBB9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.051 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBBB9
RGB	rgb(139, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -16.17, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 16.69, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0494 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.051 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1720, 44.5307, 52.5262)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBBB9 #BB8B8D

analogous

#8BBBA1 #8BBBB9 #8BA5BB

triadic

#8BBBB9 #B98BBB #BBB98B

tetradic

#8BBBB9 #A18BBB #BB8B8D #A5BB8B

square

#8BBBB9 #A18BBB #BB8B8D #A5BB8B

split-complementary

#8BBBB9 #BB8BA5 #BBA18B

monochromatic

#4B807E #64A4A2 #8BBBB9 #B2D2D0 #D8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#8BBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBBB9

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBBB9	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.051 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecfce',
    500: '#8bbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbbb9;
$custom-light: #aecfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.05072,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBBB9

secondary

#D9C8C9

accent

#4145A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBBB9

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

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