#8BCDDA#8BCDDA

#8BCDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.069 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCDDA
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -17.62, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 21.95, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.059 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.069 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1293, 54.2108, 74.4018)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCDDA #DA988B

analogous

#8BDABF #8BCDDA #8BA6DA

triadic

#8BCDDA #DA8BCD #CDDA8B

tetradic

#8BCDDA #BF8BDA #DA988B #A6DA8B

square

#8BCDDA #BF8BDA #DA988B #A6DA8B

split-complementary

#8BCDDA #DA8BA6 #DABF8B

monochromatic

#399EB2 #5DB9CB #8BCDDA #B9E1E9 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#8BCDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCDDA

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCDDA	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.069 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dce5',
    500: '#8bcdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcdda;
$custom-light: #b0dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.873,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80859,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCDDA

secondary

#B16758

accent

#4026BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCDDA

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

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