#8BC9CD#8BC9CD

#8BC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.063 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC9CD
RGB	rgb(139, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -18.72, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 20.49, 203.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0592 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.063 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5498, 51.6676, 65.4766)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC9CD #CD8F8B

analogous

#8BCDB0 #8BC9CD #8BA8CD

triadic

#8BC9CD #CD8BC9 #C9CD8B

tetradic

#8BC9CD #B08BCD #CD8F8B #A8CD8B

square

#8BC9CD #B08BCD #CD8F8B #A8CD8B

split-complementary

#8BC9CD #CD8BA8 #CDB08B

monochromatic

#43969B #60B5BB #8BC9CD #B6DDDF #E1F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#8BC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC9CD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC9CD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.063 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd9dc',
    500: '#8bc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc9cd;
$custom-light: #afd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79533,
    "c": 0.06348,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC9CD

secondary

#A15F5B

accent

#3A33B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC9CD

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

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