#8BC5BD#8BC5BD

#8BC5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.061 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5BD
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(172, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -20.38, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 20.48, 185.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0607 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.061 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7960, 49.0935, 55.5133)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5BD #C58B93

analogous

#8BC5A0 #8BC5BD #8BB0C5

triadic

#8BC5BD #BD8BC5 #C5BD8B

tetradic

#8BC5BD #A08BC5 #C58B93 #B0C58B

square

#8BC5BD #A08BC5 #C58B93 #B0C58B

split-complementary

#8BC5BD #C58BB0 #C5A08B

monochromatic

#478E85 #62B1A6 #8BC5BD #B4D9D4 #DDEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8BC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#8BC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5BD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5BD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.061 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed6d0',
    500: '#8bc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5bd;
$custom-light: #aed6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5BD

secondary

#DFCCCF

accent

#3949AC

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F5FAF9

border

#CFD3D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5BD

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

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