#8BCBBC#8BCBBC

#8BCBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.069 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBBC
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(166, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -23.60, 0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 23.62, 177.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0688 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.069 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0774, 51.8294, 55.4068)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBBC #CB8B9A

analogous

#8BCB9C #8BCBBC #8BBACB

triadic

#8BCBBC #BC8BCB #CBBC8B

tetradic

#8BCBBC #9C8BCB #CB8B9A #BACB8B

square

#8BCBBC #9C8BCB #CB8B9A #BACB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBBC #CB8BBA #CB9C8B

monochromatic

#449884 #61B8A4 #8BCBBC #B5DED4 #E0F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BCBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#8BCBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBBC

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBBC	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.069 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbd0',
    500: '#8bcbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbbc;
$custom-light: #afdbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.938,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79456,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBBC

secondary

#9E5C6B

accent

#3452B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBBC

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

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