#8BCDBC#8BCDBC

#8BCDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.071 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDBC
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -24.59, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 24.66, 175.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0713 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.071 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5527, 52.7802, 55.5653)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDBC #CD8B9C

analogous

#8BCD9B #8BCDBC #8BBDCD

triadic

#8BCDBC #BC8BCD #CDBC8B

tetradic

#8BCDBC #9B8BCD #CD8B9C #BDCD8B

square

#8BCDBC #9B8BCD #CD8B9C #BDCD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDBC #CD8BBD #CD9B8B

monochromatic

#439B84 #60BBA3 #8BCDBC #B6DFD5 #E1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8BCDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#8BCDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDBC

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDBC	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.071 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcd0',
    500: '#8bcdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdbc;
$custom-light: #afdcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.545,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7991,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDBC

secondary

#A15B6D

accent

#3354B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDBC

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

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