#8BC5BF#8BC5BF

#8BC5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.060 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5BF
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(174, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -19.93, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 20.16, 188.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0599 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.06 188)
XYZ	xyz(40.0145, 49.1810, 56.6646)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5BF #C58B91

analogous

#8BC5A2 #8BC5BF #8BAEC5

triadic

#8BC5BF #BF8BC5 #C5BF8B

tetradic

#8BC5BF #A28BC5 #C58B91 #AEC58B

square

#8BC5BF #A28BC5 #C58B91 #AEC58B

split-complementary

#8BC5BF #C58BAE #C5A28B

monochromatic

#478E87 #62B1A8 #8BC5BF #B4D9D6 #DDEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8BC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#8BC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5BF

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5BF	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.060 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed6d2',
    500: '#8bc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5bf;
$custom-light: #aed6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7819,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.49183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5BF

secondary

#DFCCCE

accent

#3945AC

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F5FAF9

border

#CFD3D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5BF

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

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