#8BC5CE#8BC5CE

#8BC5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.061 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC5CE
RGB	rgb(139, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -16.44, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 19.50, 212.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0538 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.061 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7506, 49.8754, 65.8075)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC5CE #CE948B

analogous

#8BCEB6 #8BC5CE #8BA3CE

triadic

#8BC5CE #CE8BC5 #C5CE8B

tetradic

#8BC5CE #B68BCE #CE948B #A3CE8B

square

#8BC5CE #B68BCE #CE948B #A3CE8B

split-complementary

#8BC5CE #CE8BA3 #CEB68B

monochromatic

#42909C #60AFBC #8BC5CE #B6DBE0 #E1F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8BC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#8BC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC5CE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC5CE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.061 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd6dd',
    500: '#8bc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc5ce;
$custom-light: #afd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.06099,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC5CE

secondary

#E5D3D0

accent

#4332B4

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F5FAFB

border

#CFD3D4

text

#111415

muted

#808383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC5CE

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

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