#8BCBB5#8BCBB5

#8BCBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.073 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBB5
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(159, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -25.11, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 25.51, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0718 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.073 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3410, 51.5349, 51.5287)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBB5 #CB8BA1

analogous

#8BCB95 #8BCBB5 #8BC1CB

triadic

#8BCBB5 #B58BCB #CBB58B

tetradic

#8BCBB5 #958BCB #CB8BA1 #C1CB8B

square

#8BCBB5 #958BCB #CB8BA1 #C1CB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBB5 #CB8BC1 #CB958B

monochromatic

#44987B #61B89A #8BCBB5 #B5DED0 #E0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#8BCBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#8BCBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBB5

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBB5	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ACCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.073 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbcb',
    500: '#8bcbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbb5;
$custom-light: #afdbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBB5

secondary

#9E5C73

accent

#345FB1

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F7FBF9

border

#D0D4D2

text

#101513

muted

#818482

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBB5

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

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