#8BC6CA#8BC6CA

#8BC6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.061 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC6CA
RGB	rgb(139, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -17.90, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 19.64, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0567 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.061 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4986, 50.1391, 63.3568)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC6CA #CA8F8B

analogous

#8BCAAF #8BC6CA #8BA7CA

triadic

#8BC6CA #CA8BC6 #C6CA8B

tetradic

#8BC6CA #AF8BCA #CA8F8B #A7CA8B

square

#8BC6CA #AF8BCA #CA8F8B #A7CA8B

split-complementary

#8BC6CA #CA8BA7 #CAAF8B

monochromatic

#459196 #61B1B7 #8BC6CA #B5DBDD #DFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8BC6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8BC6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC6CA

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC6CA	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.061 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd7da',
    500: '#8bc6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc6ca;
$custom-light: #afd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78765,
    "c": 0.06084,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC6CA

secondary

#9D605C

accent

#3D35B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC6CA

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

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