#8BE5DC#8BE5DC

#8BE5DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.088 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BE5DC
RGB	rgb(139, 229, 220)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(174, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -29.01, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 29.30, 188.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0869 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.088 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5802, 66.6912, 77.8510)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BE5DC #E58B94

analogous

#8BE5AF #8BE5DC #8BC1E5

triadic

#8BE5DC #DC8BE5 #E5DC8B

tetradic

#8BE5DC #AF8BE5 #E58B94 #C1E58B

square

#8BE5DC #AF8BE5 #E58B94 #C1E58B

split-complementary

#8BE5DC #E58BC1 #E5AF8B

monochromatic

#2DC9B9 #59DACD #8BE5DC #BDF0EB #E6F9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8BE5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#8BE5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BE5DC

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BE5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BE5DC	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8be5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 229, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.088 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ede6',
    500: '#8be5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8be5dc;
$custom-light: #b1ede6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8be5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86291,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BE5DC

secondary

#BE5661

accent

#1A2CCB

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BE5DC

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

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