#8BC4CE#8BC4CE

#8BC4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.060 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC4CE
RGB	rgb(139, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -15.92, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 19.30, 214.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0526 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.06 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5242, 49.4228, 65.7321)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC4CE #CE958B

analogous

#8BCEB6 #8BC4CE #8BA3CE

triadic

#8BC4CE #CE8BC4 #C4CE8B

tetradic

#8BC4CE #B68BCE #CE958B #A3CE8B

square

#8BC4CE #B68BCE #CE958B #A3CE8B

split-complementary

#8BC4CE #CE8BA3 #CEB68B

monochromatic

#428F9C #60AEBC #8BC4CE #B6DAE0 #E1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8BC4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#8BC4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC4CE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC4CE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.060 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6dd',
    500: '#8bc4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc4ce;
$custom-light: #afd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC4CE

secondary

#E5D3D0

accent

#4532B4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC4CE

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

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