#8BC5CD#8BC5CD

#8BC5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.061 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5CD
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(187, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -16.68, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 19.44, 210.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0542 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.061 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6295, 49.8269, 65.1698)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5CD #CD938B

analogous

#8BCDB4 #8BC5CD #8BA4CD

triadic

#8BC5CD #CD8BC5 #C5CD8B

tetradic

#8BC5CD #B48BCD #CD938B #A4CD8B

square

#8BC5CD #B48BCD #CD938B #A4CD8B

split-complementary

#8BC5CD #CD8BA4 #CDB48B

monochromatic

#43909B #60B0BB #8BC5CD #B6DADF #E1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8BC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#8BC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5CD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5CD	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.061 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6dc',
    500: '#8bc5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5cd;
$custom-light: #afd6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5CD

secondary

#E4D2D0

accent

#4233B3

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5CD

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

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