#8BCBB9#8BCBB9

#8BCBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.070 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBB9
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(163, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(163, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -24.26, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 24.38, 174.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0701 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.07 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7573, 51.7014, 53.7213)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBB9 #CB8B9D

analogous

#8BCB99 #8BCBB9 #8BBDCB

triadic

#8BCBB9 #B98BCB #CBB98B

tetradic

#8BCBB9 #998BCB #CB8B9D #BDCB8B

square

#8BCBB9 #998BCB #CB8B9D #BDCB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBB9 #CB8BBD #CB998B

monochromatic

#449880 #61B8A0 #8BCBB9 #B5DED3 #E0F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BCBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#8BCBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBB9

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBB9	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.070 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbce',
    500: '#8bcbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbb9;
$custom-light: #afdbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79369,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBB9

secondary

#9E5C6F

accent

#3457B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFA

border

#D0D4D3

text

#101513

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBB9

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

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