#8BCECD#8BCECD

#8BCECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.068 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCECD
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(179, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -21.25, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 22.15, 196.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0655 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.068 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7344, 54.0368, 65.8714)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCECD #CE8B8C

analogous

#8BCEAB #8BCECD #8BAECE

triadic

#8BCECD #CD8BCE #CECD8B

tetradic

#8BCECD #AB8BCE #CE8B8C #AECE8B

square

#8BCECD #AB8BCE #CE8B8C #AECE8B

split-complementary

#8BCECD #CE8BAE #CEAB8B

monochromatic

#429C9B #60BCBA #8BCECD #B6E0E0 #E1F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8BCECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#8BCECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCECD

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCECD	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.068 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdddc',
    500: '#8bcecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcecd;
$custom-light: #afdddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.06768,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCECD

secondary

#A35B5C

accent

#3234B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCECD

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

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