#8BCBD7#8BCBD7

#8BCBD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.067 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCBD7
RGB	rgb(139, 203, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -17.34, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 21.34, 215.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0577 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.067 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2649, 53.1045, 72.1945)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCBD7 #D7978B

analogous

#8BD7BD #8BCBD7 #8BA5D7

triadic

#8BCBD7 #D78BCB #CBD78B

tetradic

#8BCBD7 #BD8BD7 #D7978B #A5D78B

square

#8BCBD7 #BD8BD7 #D7978B #A5D78B

split-complementary

#8BCBD7 #D78BA5 #D7BD8B

monochromatic

#3B9AAC #5DB7C7 #8BCBD7 #B9DFE7 #E6F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8BCBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#8BCBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCBD7

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCBD7	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 203, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.067 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dbe3',
    500: '#8bcbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcbd7;
$custom-light: #b0dbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.06706,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCBD7

secondary

#AD6659

accent

#4129BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCBD7

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

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