#8CB5B2#8CB5B2

#8CB5B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.044 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5B2
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(176, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -14.31, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 14.61, 191.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0434 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.044 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3726, 41.8361, 48.3223)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5B2 #B58C8F

analogous

#8CB59D #8CB5B2 #8CA3B5

triadic

#8CB5B2 #B28CB5 #B5B28C

tetradic

#8CB5B2 #9D8CB5 #B58C8F #A3B58C

square

#8CB5B2 #9D8CB5 #B58C8F #A3B58C

split-complementary

#8CB5B2 #B58CA3 #B59D8C

monochromatic

#4E7976 #679D99 #8CB5B2 #B1CDCB #D6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5B2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5B2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.044 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbc9',
    500: '#8cb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5b2;
$custom-light: #aecbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 21.693,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5B2

secondary

#D6C7C8

accent

#454CA0

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5B2

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

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