#8BCDCC#8BCDCC

#8BCDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.067 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDCC
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(179, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -20.98, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 21.87, 196.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0646 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.067 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3741, 53.5087, 65.1577)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDCC #CD8B8C

analogous

#8BCDAB #8BCDCC #8BADCD

triadic

#8BCDCC #CC8BCD #CDCC8B

tetradic

#8BCDCC #AB8BCD #CD8B8C #ADCD8B

square

#8BCDCC #AB8BCD #CD8B8C #ADCD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDCC #CD8BAD #CDAB8B

monochromatic

#439B9A #60BBB9 #8BCDCC #B6DFDF #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#8BCDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDCC

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDCC	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.067 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcdb',
    500: '#8bcdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdcc;
$custom-light: #afdcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80396,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDCC

secondary

#A15B5C

accent

#3335B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDCC

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

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