#8BECE2#8BECE2

#8BECE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.093 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BECE2
RGB	rgb(139, 236, 226)
HSL	hsl(174, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(174, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -30.94, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 31.21, 187.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0926 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.093 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3651, 70.9668, 82.7699)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BECE2 #EC8B95

analogous

#8BECB1 #8BECE2 #8BC5EC

triadic

#8BECE2 #E28BEC #ECE28B

tetradic

#8BECE2 #B18BEC #EC8B95 #C5EC8B

square

#8BECE2 #B18BEC #EC8B95 #C5EC8B

split-complementary

#8BECE2 #EC8BC5 #ECB18B

monochromatic

#24D9C6 #56E3D5 #8BECE2 #C0F5EF #E5FBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#8BECE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#8BECE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BECE2

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BECE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BECE2	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bece2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 236, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.093 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f2eb',
    500: '#8bece2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bece2;
$custom-light: #b2f2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bece2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88049,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BECE2

secondary

#C75560

accent

#1226D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFD

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BECE2

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

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