#8BBDAD#8BBDAD

#8BBDAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.058 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDAD
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(161, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -19.82, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 20.01, 172.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0571 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.058 173)
XYZ	xyz(36.3855, 44.8997, 46.2764)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDAD #BD8B9B

analogous

#8BBD94 #8BBDAD #8BB4BD

triadic

#8BBDAD #AD8BBD #BDAD8B

tetradic

#8BBDAD #948BBD #BD8B9B #B4BD8B

square

#8BBDAD #948BBD #BD8B9B #B4BD8B

split-complementary

#8BBDAD #BD8BB4 #BD948B

monochromatic

#4B8371 #64A791 #8BBDAD #B2D3C9 #D9E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8BBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#8BBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDAD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDAD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.058 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1c5',
    500: '#8bbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdad;
$custom-light: #aed1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75845,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.44901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDAD

secondary

#DBC9CF

accent

#3F60A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDAD

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

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