#8BCBBD#8BCBBD

#8BCBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.068 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBBD
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(167, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -23.38, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 23.39, 178.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0684 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.068 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1856, 51.8727, 55.9765)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBBD #CB8B99

analogous

#8BCB9D #8BCBBD #8BB9CB

triadic

#8BCBBD #BD8BCB #CBBD8B

tetradic

#8BCBBD #9D8BCB #CB8B99 #B9CB8B

square

#8BCBBD #9D8BCB #CB8B99 #B9CB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBBD #CB8BB9 #CB9D8B

monochromatic

#449885 #61B8A5 #8BCBBD #B5DED5 #E0F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8BCBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#8BCBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBBD

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBBD	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)

#C6C4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.068 179.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBBD

secondary

#9E5C6A

accent

#3450B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBBD

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

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