#8BC8CD#8BC8CD

#8BC8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.063 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8CD
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -18.21, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 20.20, 205.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.058 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.063 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3174, 51.2029, 65.3991)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8CD #CD908B

analogous

#8BCDB1 #8BC8CD #8BA7CD

triadic

#8BC8CD #CD8BC8 #C8CD8B

tetradic

#8BC8CD #B18BCD #CD908B #A7CD8B

square

#8BC8CD #B18BCD #CD908B #A7CD8B

split-complementary

#8BC8CD #CD8BA7 #CDB18B

monochromatic

#43949B #60B4BB #8BC8CD #B6DCDF #E1F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#8BC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8CD

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8CD	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.063 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd8dc',
    500: '#8bc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8cd;
$custom-light: #afd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7931,
    "c": 0.06273,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8CD

secondary

#A1605B

accent

#3C33B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8CD

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

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