#8BC9BB#8BC9BB

#8BC9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.067 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9BB
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(166, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -22.83, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 22.84, 178.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0667 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.067 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5007, 50.8480, 54.6847)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9BB #C98B99

analogous

#8BC99C #8BC9BB #8BB8C9

triadic

#8BC9BB #BB8BC9 #C9BB8B

tetradic

#8BC9BB #9C8BC9 #C98B99 #B8C98B

square

#8BC9BB #9C8BC9 #C98B99 #B8C98B

split-complementary

#8BC9BB #C98BB8 #C99C8B

monochromatic

#459483 #61B6A3 #8BC9BB #B5DCD3 #DFF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#8BC9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9BB

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9BB	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.067 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd9cf',
    500: '#8bc9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9bb;
$custom-light: #afd9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78973,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9BB

secondary

#9C5C6B

accent

#3652AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9BB

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

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