#8BCABC#8BCABC

#8BCABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.068 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCABC
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(167, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -23.11, 0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 23.11, 178.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0675 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.068 179)
XYZ	xyz(40.8420, 51.3587, 55.3284)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCABC #CA8B99

analogous

#8BCA9D #8BCABC #8BB9CA

triadic

#8BCABC #BC8BCA #CABC8B

tetradic

#8BCABC #9D8BCA #CA8B99 #B9CA8B

square

#8BCABC #9D8BCA #CA8B99 #B9CA8B

split-complementary

#8BCABC #CA8BB9 #CA9D8B

monochromatic

#459684 #61B7A4 #8BCABC #B5DDD4 #DFF0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8BCABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#8BCABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCABC

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCABC	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.068 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdad0',
    500: '#8bcabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcabc;
$custom-light: #afdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79229,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.51361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCABC

secondary

#9D5C6B

accent

#3551B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101513

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCABC

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

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