#8BBCB5#8BBCB5

#8BBCB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.053 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCB5
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(171, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(171, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -17.58, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 17.66, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0524 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.053 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9685, 44.7899, 50.4045)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCB5 #BC8B92

analogous

#8BBC9D #8BBCB5 #8BABBC

triadic

#8BBCB5 #B58BBC #BCB58B

tetradic

#8BBCB5 #9D8BBC #BC8B92 #ABBC8B

square

#8BBCB5 #9D8BBC #BC8B92 #ABBC8B

split-complementary

#8BBCB5 #BC8BAB #BC9D8B

monochromatic

#4B827A #64A69C #8BBCB5 #B2D2CE #D9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#8BBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCB5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCB5	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.053 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0cb',
    500: '#8bbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcb5;
$custom-light: #aed0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75856,
    "c": 0.05263,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCB5

secondary

#DAC9CB

accent

#404FA5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCB5

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

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