#8BCDBD#8BCDBD

#8BCDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.071 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDBD
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -24.37, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 24.41, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0709 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.071 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6609, 52.8234, 56.1350)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDBD #CD8B9B

analogous

#8BCD9C #8BCDBD #8BBCCD

triadic

#8BCDBD #BD8BCD #CDBD8B

tetradic

#8BCDBD #9C8BCD #CD8B9B #BCCD8B

square

#8BCDBD #9C8BCD #CD8B9B #BCCD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDBD #CD8BBC #CD9C8B

monochromatic

#439B85 #60BBA5 #8BCDBD #B6DFD5 #E1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8BCDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#8BCDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDBD

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDBD	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.071 177.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.07095,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDBD

secondary

#A15B6C

accent

#3352B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDBD

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

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