#8BCBC9#8BCBC9

#8BCBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.065 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBC9
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(178, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -20.67, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 21.39, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0634 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.065 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5424, 52.4155, 63.1225)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBC9 #CB8B8D

analogous

#8BCBA9 #8BCBC9 #8BADCB

triadic

#8BCBC9 #C98BCB #CBC98B

tetradic

#8BCBC9 #A98BCB #CB8B8D #ADCB8B

square

#8BCBC9 #A98BCB #CB8B8D #ADCB8B

split-complementary

#8BCBC9 #CB8BAD #CBA98B

monochromatic

#449895 #61B8B5 #8BCBC9 #B5DEDD #E0F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8BCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#8BCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBC9

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBC9	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.065 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbd9',
    500: '#8bcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbc9;
$custom-light: #afdbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBC9

secondary

#9E5C5E

accent

#3438B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBC9

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

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