#8BD8DD#8BD8DD

#8BD8DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.076 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD8DD
RGB	rgb(139, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -22.43, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 24.55, 203.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0712 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.076 201)
XYZ	xyz(48.2498, 59.8180, 77.3961)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD8DD #DD908B

analogous

#8BDDB9 #8BD8DD #8BAFDD

triadic

#8BD8DD #DD8BD8 #D8DD8B

tetradic

#8BD8DD #B98BDD #DD908B #AFDD8B

square

#8BD8DD #B98BDD #DD908B #AFDD8B

split-complementary

#8BD8DD #DD8BAF #DDB98B

monochromatic

#36B0B8 #5CC8CF #8BD8DD #BAE8EB #E7F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8BD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#8BD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD8DD

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD8DD	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.076 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e4e7',
    500: '#8bd8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd8dd;
$custom-light: #b0e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.659,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83407,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.59821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD8DD

secondary

#B45D58

accent

#2D23C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD8DD

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

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