#8BC4BC#8BC4BC

#8BC4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.060 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4BC
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -20.10, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 20.19, 185.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0599 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.06 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4615, 48.5976, 54.8682)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4BC #C48B93

analogous

#8BC49F #8BC4BC #8BAFC4

triadic

#8BC4BC #BC8BC4 #C4BC8B

tetradic

#8BC4BC #9F8BC4 #C48B93 #AFC48B

square

#8BC4BC #9F8BC4 #C48B93 #AFC48B

split-complementary

#8BC4BC #C48BAF #C49F8B

monochromatic

#488D83 #62AFA5 #8BC4BC #B4D9D3 #DCEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#8BC4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#8BC4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4BC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4BC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.060 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed6d0',
    500: '#8bc4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4bc;
$custom-light: #aed6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77873,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4BC

secondary

#DFCCCF

accent

#3A4AAB

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4BC

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

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