#8BC8CE#8BC8CE

#8BC8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.063 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC8CE
RGB	rgb(139, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -17.97, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 20.21, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0576 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.063 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4385, 51.2513, 66.0369)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC8CE #CE918B

analogous

#8BCEB2 #8BC8CE #8BA6CE

triadic

#8BC8CE #CE8BC8 #C8CE8B

tetradic

#8BC8CE #B28BCE #CE918B #A6CE8B

square

#8BC8CE #B28BCE #CE918B #A6CE8B

split-complementary

#8BC8CE #CE8BA6 #CEB28B

monochromatic

#42949C #60B4BC #8BC8CE #B6DCE0 #E1F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#8BC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC8CE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC8CE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.063 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd8dd',
    500: '#8bc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc8ce;
$custom-light: #afd8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79343,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC8CE

secondary

#A3615B

accent

#3D32B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC8CE

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

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