#8BC9BE#8BC9BE

#8BC9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.065 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9BE
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(169, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -22.17, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 22.18, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0654 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.065 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8252, 50.9778, 56.3938)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9BE #C98B96

analogous

#8BC99F #8BC9BE #8BB5C9

triadic

#8BC9BE #BE8BC9 #C9BE8B

tetradic

#8BC9BE #9F8BC9 #C98B96 #B5C98B

square

#8BC9BE #9F8BC9 #C98B96 #B5C98B

split-complementary

#8BC9BE #C98BB5 #C99F8B

monochromatic

#459486 #61B6A7 #8BC9BE #B5DCD5 #DFF0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8BC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8BC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9BE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9BE	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.065 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd9d1',
    500: '#8bc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9be;
$custom-light: #afd9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.355,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.06546,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9BE

secondary

#9C5C68

accent

#364CAF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9BE

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

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