#8BE5EE#8BE5EE

#8BE5EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.087 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BE5EE
RGB	rgb(139, 229, 238)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(185, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -24.67, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 27.81, 207.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0797 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.087 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0936, 67.6966, 91.0886)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BE5EE #EE948B

analogous

#8BEEC6 #8BE5EE #8BB4EE

triadic

#8BE5EE #EE8BE5 #E5EE8B

tetradic

#8BE5EE #C68BEE #EE948B #B4EE8B

square

#8BE5EE #C68BEE #EE948B #B4EE8B

split-complementary

#8BE5EE #EE8BB4 #EEC68B

monochromatic

#21CDDE #56D9E6 #8BE5EE #C0F1F6 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#8BE5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#8BE5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BE5EE

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BE5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BE5EE	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8be5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 229, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.087 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2edf3',
    500: '#8be5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8be5ee;
$custom-light: #b2edf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8be5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BE5EE

secondary

#C95F54

accent

#210FD7

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BE5EE

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

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