#8CB3BA#8CB3BA

#8CB3BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.043 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3BA
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -11.45, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 13.89, 214.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0375 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.043 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7956, 41.3593, 52.5420)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3BA #BA938C

analogous

#8CBAAA #8CB3BA #8C9CBA

triadic

#8CB3BA #BA8CB3 #B3BA8C

tetradic

#8CB3BA #AA8CBA #BA938C #9CBA8C

square

#8CB3BA #AA8CBA #BA938C #9CBA8C

split-complementary

#8CB3BA #BA8C9C #BAAA8C

monochromatic

#4C787F #669AA3 #8CB3BA #B2CCD1 #D9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CB3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#8CB3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3BA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3BA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.043 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9ce',
    500: '#8cb3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3ba;
$custom-light: #aec9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.04314,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3BA

secondary

#D9CBC9

accent

#5142A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3BA

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

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