#8BCECB#8BCECB

#8BCECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.068 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCECB
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(177, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -21.71, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 22.34, 193.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0663 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.068 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4945, 53.9408, 64.6081)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCECB #CE8B8E

analogous

#8BCEA9 #8BCECB #8BB0CE

triadic

#8BCECB #CB8BCE #CECB8B

tetradic

#8BCECB #A98BCE #CE8B8E #B0CE8B

square

#8BCECB #A98BCE #CE8B8E #B0CE8B

split-complementary

#8BCECB #CE8BB0 #CEA98B

monochromatic

#429C98 #60BCB8 #8BCECB #B6E0DE #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8BCECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCECB

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCECB	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.068 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afddda',
    500: '#8bcecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcecb;
$custom-light: #afddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80589,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCECB

secondary

#A35B5E

accent

#3238B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCECB

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

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