#8BBCB4#8BBCB4

#8BBCB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.053 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCB4
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(170, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -17.80, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 17.84, 183.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0528 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.053 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8663, 44.7490, 49.8661)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCB4 #BC8B93

analogous

#8BBC9C #8BBCB4 #8BACBC

triadic

#8BBCB4 #B48BBC #BCB48B

tetradic

#8BBCB4 #9C8BBC #BC8B93 #ACBC8B

square

#8BBCB4 #9C8BBC #BC8B93 #ACBC8B

split-complementary

#8BBCB4 #BC8BAC #BC9C8B

monochromatic

#4B8279 #64A69B #8BBCB4 #B2D2CD #D9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#8BBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCB4

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCB4	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DBEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.053 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0ca',
    500: '#8bbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcb4;
$custom-light: #aed0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.05294,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCB4

secondary

#DAC9CC

accent

#4051A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCB4

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

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