#8BCDCD#8BCDCD

#8BCDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.067 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDCD
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -20.74, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 21.79, 197.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0642 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.067 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4944, 53.5568, 65.7914)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDCD #CD8B8B

analogous

#8BCDAC #8BCDCD #8BACCD

triadic

#8BCDCD #CD8BCD #CDCD8B

tetradic

#8BCDCD #AC8BCD #CD8B8B #ACCD8B

square

#8BCDCD #AC8BCD #CD8B8B #ACCD8B

split-complementary

#8BCDCD #CD8BAC #CDAC8B

monochromatic

#439B9B #60BBBB #8BCDCD #B6DFDF #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#8BCDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDCD

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDCD	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.067 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcdc',
    500: '#8bcdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdcd;
$custom-light: #afdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80428,
    "c": 0.06678,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDCD

secondary

#A15B5B

accent

#3333B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDCD

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

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