#8BCED3#8BCED3

#8BCED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.068 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCED3
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(184, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -19.83, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 21.86, 204.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.063 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.068 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4725, 54.3320, 69.7591)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCED3 #D3908B

analogous

#8BD3B4 #8BCED3 #8BAAD3

triadic

#8BCED3 #D38BCE #CED38B

tetradic

#8BCED3 #B48BD3 #D3908B #AAD38B

square

#8BCED3 #B48BD3 #D3908B #AAD38B

split-complementary

#8BCED3 #D38BAA #D3B48B

monochromatic

#3F9EA5 #5FBBC2 #8BCED3 #B7E1E4 #E4F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8BCED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCED3

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCED3	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.068 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdde0',
    500: '#8bced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bced3;
$custom-light: #afdde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80846,
    "c": 0.0679,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCED3

secondary

#A95F59

accent

#372DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCED3

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

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