#8BC4CD#8BC4CD

#8BC4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.060 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4CD
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -16.16, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 19.22, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0529 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.06 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4032, 49.3743, 65.0943)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4CD #CD948B

analogous

#8BCDB5 #8BC4CD #8BA3CD

triadic

#8BC4CD #CD8BC4 #C4CD8B

tetradic

#8BC4CD #B58BCD #CD948B #A3CD8B

square

#8BC4CD #B58BCD #CD948B #A3CD8B

split-complementary

#8BC4CD #CD8BA3 #CDB58B

monochromatic

#438F9B #60AEBB #8BC4CD #B6DADF #E1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8BC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#8BC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4CD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4CD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.060 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6dc',
    500: '#8bc4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4cd;
$custom-light: #afd6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.06011,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4CD

secondary

#E4D2D0

accent

#4433B3

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4CD

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

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