#8BC5CB#8BC5CB

#8BC5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.060 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5CB
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -17.15, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 19.37, 207.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.055 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.06 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3896, 49.7310, 63.9065)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5CB #CB918B

analogous

#8BCBB1 #8BC5CB #8BA5CB

triadic

#8BC5CB #CB8BC5 #C5CB8B

tetradic

#8BC5CB #B18BCB #CB918B #A5CB8B

square

#8BC5CB #B18BCB #CB918B #A5CB8B

split-complementary

#8BC5CB #CB8BA5 #CBB18B

monochromatic

#449098 #61B0B8 #8BC5CB #B5DADE #E0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8BC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#8BC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5CB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5CB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.060 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6da',
    500: '#8bc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5cb;
$custom-light: #afd6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5CB

secondary

#E3D1CF

accent

#4034B1

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFA

border

#CFD3D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5CB

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

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