#8BC9BF#8BC9BF

#8BC9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.065 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9BF
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(170, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -21.94, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 21.99, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.065 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.065 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9349, 51.0216, 56.9713)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9BF #C98B95

analogous

#8BC9A0 #8BC9BF #8BB4C9

triadic

#8BC9BF #BF8BC9 #C9BF8B

tetradic

#8BC9BF #A08BC9 #C98B95 #B4C98B

square

#8BC9BF #A08BC9 #C98B95 #B4C98B

split-complementary

#8BC9BF #C98BB4 #C9A08B

monochromatic

#459488 #61B6A8 #8BC9BF #B5DCD6 #DFF0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8BC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#8BC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9BF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9BF	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#C3C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.065 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd9d2',
    500: '#8bc9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9bf;
$custom-light: #afd9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79093,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9BF

secondary

#9C5C67

accent

#364AAF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9BF

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

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