#8BBDAE#8BBDAE

#8BBDAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.057 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDAE
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(162, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -19.61, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 19.74, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0567 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.057 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4826, 44.9385, 46.7879)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDAE #BD8B9A

analogous

#8BBD95 #8BBDAE #8BB3BD

triadic

#8BBDAE #AE8BBD #BDAE8B

tetradic

#8BBDAE #958BBD #BD8B9A #B3BD8B

square

#8BBDAE #958BBD #BD8B9A #B3BD8B

split-complementary

#8BBDAE #BD8BB3 #BD958B

monochromatic

#4B8372 #64A793 #8BBDAE #B2D3C9 #D9E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8BBDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#8BBDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDAE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDAE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.057 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1c6',
    500: '#8bbdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdae;
$custom-light: #aed1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75873,
    "c": 0.05698,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDAE

secondary

#DBC9CE

accent

#3F5EA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDAE

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

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