#8BCBC5#8BCBC5

#8BCBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.066 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBC5
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(174, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -21.59, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 21.87, 189.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.065 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.066 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0780, 52.2297, 60.6767)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBC5 #CB8B91

analogous

#8BCBA5 #8BCBC5 #8BB1CB

triadic

#8BCBC5 #C58BCB #CBC58B

tetradic

#8BCBC5 #A58BCB #CB8B91 #B1CB8B

square

#8BCBC5 #A58BCB #CB8B91 #B1CB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBC5 #CB8BB1 #CBA58B

monochromatic

#449890 #61B8B0 #8BCBC5 #B5DEDA #E0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BCBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#8BCBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBC5

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBC5	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.066 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbd6',
    500: '#8bcbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbc5;
$custom-light: #afdbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.06574,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBC5

secondary

#9E5C62

accent

#3440B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBC5

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

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