#8BBDBE#8BBDBE

#8BBDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.052 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBDBE
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(181, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -16.07, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 17.09, 199.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.05 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.052 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1363, 45.6000, 55.4975)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBDBE #BE8C8B

analogous

#8BBEA6 #8BBDBE #8BA4BE

triadic

#8BBDBE #BE8BBD #BDBE8B

tetradic

#8BBDBE #A68BBE #BE8C8B #A4BE8B

square

#8BBDBE #A68BBE #BE8C8B #A4BE8B

split-complementary

#8BBDBE #BE8BA4 #BEA68B

monochromatic

#4A8384 #64A7A8 #8BBDBE #B2D3D4 #D9EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8BBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#8BBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBDBE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBDBE	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.052 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1d1',
    500: '#8bbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbdbe;
$custom-light: #aed1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.05247,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBDBE

secondary

#DBCACA

accent

#413FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBDBE

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

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