#8BCDC8#8BCDC8

#8BCDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.067 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDC8
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(175, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -21.90, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 22.30, 190.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0663 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.067 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9005, 53.3193, 62.6635)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDC8 #CD8B90

analogous

#8BCDA7 #8BCDC8 #8BB1CD

triadic

#8BCDC8 #C88BCD #CDC88B

tetradic

#8BCDC8 #A78BCD #CD8B90 #B1CD8B

square

#8BCDC8 #A78BCD #CD8B90 #B1CD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDC8 #CD8BB1 #CDA78B

monochromatic

#439B94 #60BBB4 #8BCDC8 #B6DFDC #E1F2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8BCDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#8BCDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDC8

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDC8	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.067 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcd8',
    500: '#8bcdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdc8;
$custom-light: #afdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8027,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDC8

secondary

#A15B60

accent

#333CB3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDC8

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

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