#8BCED5#8BCED5

#8BCED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.068 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCED5
RGB	rgb(139, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(186, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -19.35, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 21.87, 207.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0622 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.068 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7248, 54.4329, 71.0878)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCED5 #D5928B

analogous

#8BD5B7 #8BCED5 #8BA9D5

triadic

#8BCED5 #D58BCE #CED58B

tetradic

#8BCED5 #B78BD5 #D5928B #A9D58B

square

#8BCED5 #B78BD5 #D5928B #A9D58B

split-complementary

#8BCED5 #D58BA9 #D5B78B

monochromatic

#3D9EA9 #5EBBC5 #8BCED5 #B8E1E5 #E5F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8BCED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#8BCED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCED5

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCED5	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.068 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dde1',
    500: '#8bced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bced5;
$custom-light: #b0dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80913,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCED5

secondary

#AB6159

accent

#392BBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCED5

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

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