#8BCDCE#8BCDCE

#8BCDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.067 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDCE
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(181, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -20.51, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 21.72, 199.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0638 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.067 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6155, 53.6053, 66.4292)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDCE #CE8C8B

analogous

#8BCEAE #8BCDCE #8BABCE

triadic

#8BCDCE #CE8BCD #CDCE8B

tetradic

#8BCDCE #AE8BCE #CE8C8B #ABCE8B

square

#8BCDCE #AE8BCE #CE8C8B #ABCE8B

split-complementary

#8BCDCE #CE8BAB #CEAE8B

monochromatic

#429B9C #60BABC #8BCDCE #B6E0E0 #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BCDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#8BCDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDCE

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDCE	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.067 197.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDCE

secondary

#A35C5B

accent

#3432B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDCE

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

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