#8BCAC8#8BCAC8

#8BCAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.064 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCAC8
RGB	rgb(139, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(178, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -20.40, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 21.11, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0625 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.064 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1898, 51.8978, 62.4266)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCAC8 #CA8B8D

analogous

#8BCAA9 #8BCAC8 #8BADCA

triadic

#8BCAC8 #C88BCA #CAC88B

tetradic

#8BCAC8 #A98BCA #CA8B8D #ADCA8B

square

#8BCAC8 #A98BCA #CA8B8D #ADCA8B

split-complementary

#8BCAC8 #CA8BAD #CAA98B

monochromatic

#459693 #61B7B4 #8BCAC8 #B5DDDC #DFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BCAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#8BCAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCAC8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCAC8	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.064 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdad8',
    500: '#8bcac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcac8;
$custom-light: #afdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.06428,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCAC8

secondary

#9D5C5E

accent

#3539B0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCAC8

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

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