#8BBCBE#8BBCBE

#8BBCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.052 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBCBE
RGB	rgb(139, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -15.55, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 16.75, 201.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0487 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.052 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9220, 45.1713, 55.4260)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBCBE #BE8D8B

analogous

#8BBEA7 #8BBCBE #8BA3BE

triadic

#8BBCBE #BE8BBC #BCBE8B

tetradic

#8BBCBE #A78BBE #BE8D8B #A3BE8B

square

#8BBCBE #A78BBE #BE8D8B #A3BE8B

split-complementary

#8BBCBE #BE8BA3 #BEA78B

monochromatic

#4A8284 #64A5A8 #8BBCBE #B2D3D4 #D9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8BBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#8BBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBCBE

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBCBE	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.052 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0d1',
    500: '#8bbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbcbe;
$custom-light: #aed0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.0516,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBCBE

secondary

#DBCACA

accent

#433FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBCBE

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

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