#8BC8CA#8BC8CA

#8BC8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.062 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8CA
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -18.92, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 20.26, 200.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0592 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.062 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9588, 51.0594, 63.5102)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8CA #CA8D8B

analogous

#8BCAAD #8BC8CA #8BA9CA

triadic

#8BC8CA #CA8BC8 #C8CA8B

tetradic

#8BC8CA #AD8BCA #CA8D8B #A9CA8B

square

#8BC8CA #AD8BCA #CA8D8B #A9CA8B

split-complementary

#8BC8CA #CA8BA9 #CAAD8B

monochromatic

#459396 #61B4B7 #8BC8CA #B5DCDD #DFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#8BC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8CA

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8CA	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.062 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd8da',
    500: '#8bc8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8ca;
$custom-light: #afd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79212,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8CA

secondary

#9D5E5C

accent

#3935B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8CA

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

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