#8BDCD8#8BDCD8

#8BDCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.080 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDCD8
RGB	rgb(139, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(177, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -25.59, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 26.26, 192.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.078 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.08 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6308, 61.6300, 74.2856)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDCD8 #DC8B8F

analogous

#8BDCAF #8BDCD8 #8BB7DC

triadic

#8BDCD8 #D88BDC #DCD88B

tetradic

#8BDCD8 #AF8BDC #DC8B8F #B7DC8B

square

#8BDCD8 #AF8BDC #DC8B8F #B7DC8B

split-complementary

#8BDCD8 #DC8BB7 #DCAF8B

monochromatic

#37B6AF #5CCEC8 #8BDCD8 #BAEAE8 #E7F8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8BDCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#8BDCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDCD8

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDCD8	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BE0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.080 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e7e4',
    500: '#8bdcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdcd8;
$custom-light: #b0e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.037,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84143,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDCD8

secondary

#B3585D

accent

#242CC1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111615

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDCD8

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

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