#8BDEE5#8BDEE5

#8BDEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.081 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDEE5
RGB	rgb(139, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -23.45, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 26.07, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0751 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.081 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9064, 63.3851, 83.6656)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDEE5 #E5928B

analogous

#8BE5BF #8BDEE5 #8BB1E5

triadic

#8BDEE5 #E58BDE #DEE58B

tetradic

#8BDEE5 #BF8BE5 #E5928B #B1E58B

square

#8BDEE5 #BF8BE5 #E5928B #B1E58B

split-complementary

#8BDEE5 #E58BB1 #E5BF8B

monochromatic

#2DBDC9 #59D0DA #8BDEE5 #BDECF0 #E6F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#8BDEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#8BDEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDEE5

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDEE5	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.081 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e8ed',
    500: '#8bdee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdee5;
$custom-light: #b1e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85009,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDEE5

secondary

#BE5E56

accent

#281ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDEE5

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

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