#8BCBCE#8BCBCE

#8BCBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.065 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBCE
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(183, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -19.50, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 21.07, 202.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0613 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.065 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1401, 52.6546, 66.2707)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBCE #CE8E8B

analogous

#8BCEB0 #8BCBCE #8BA9CE

triadic

#8BCBCE #CE8BCB #CBCE8B

tetradic

#8BCBCE #B08BCE #CE8E8B #A9CE8B

square

#8BCBCE #B08BCE #CE8E8B #A9CE8B

split-complementary

#8BCBCE #CE8BA9 #CEB08B

monochromatic

#42989C #60B8BC #8BCBCE #B6DEE0 #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8BCBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#8BCBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBCE

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBCE	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.065 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdbdc',
    500: '#8bcbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbce;
$custom-light: #afdbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80013,
    "c": 0.06512,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBCE

secondary

#A35E5B

accent

#3832B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBCE

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

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