#8BCBC4#8BCBC4

#8BCBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.066 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBC4
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(173, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -21.82, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 22.03, 187.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0654 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.066 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9638, 52.1840, 60.0752)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBC4 #CB8B92

analogous

#8BCBA4 #8BCBC4 #8BB2CB

triadic

#8BCBC4 #C48BCB #CBC48B

tetradic

#8BCBC4 #A48BCB #CB8B92 #B2CB8B

square

#8BCBC4 #A48BCB #CB8B92 #B2CB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBC4 #CB8BB2 #CBA48B

monochromatic

#44988E #61B8AF #8BCBC4 #B5DED9 #E0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8BCBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#8BCBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBC4

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBC4	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.066 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbd5',
    500: '#8bcbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbc4;
$custom-light: #afdbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.06597,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBC4

secondary

#9E5C63

accent

#3442B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBC4

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

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