#8BBCB6#8BBCB6

#8BBCB6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.052 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCB6
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -17.36, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 17.50, 187.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.052 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.052 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0715, 44.8311, 50.9469)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCB6 #BC8B91

analogous

#8BBC9E #8BBCB6 #8BAABC

triadic

#8BBCB6 #B68BBC #BCB68B

tetradic

#8BBCB6 #9E8BBC #BC8B91 #AABC8B

square

#8BBCB6 #9E8BBC #BC8B91 #AABC8B

split-complementary

#8BBCB6 #BC8BAA #BC9E8B

monochromatic

#4B827B #64A69E #8BBCB6 #B2D2CE #D9E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8BBCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#8BBCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCB6

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCB6	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.052 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0cb',
    500: '#8bbcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcb6;
$custom-light: #aed0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.05235,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCB6

secondary

#DAC9CB

accent

#404DA5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCB6

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

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