#8BC5CC#8BC5CC

#8BC5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.060 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5CC
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(186, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -16.92, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 19.40, 209.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0546 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.06 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5091, 49.7788, 64.5361)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5CC #CC928B

analogous

#8BCCB3 #8BC5CC #8BA4CC

triadic

#8BC5CC #CC8BC5 #C5CC8B

tetradic

#8BC5CC #B38BCC #CC928B #A4CC8B

square

#8BC5CC #B38BCC #CC928B #A4CC8B

split-complementary

#8BC5CC #CC8BA4 #CCB38B

monochromatic

#439099 #60B0B9 #8BC5CC #B6DADF #E0F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8BC5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#8BC5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5CC

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5CC	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.060 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6db',
    500: '#8bc5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5cc;
$custom-light: #afd6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78608,
    "c": 0.06047,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5CC

secondary

#E4D1CF

accent

#4134B2

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5CC

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

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