#8CB5BB#8CB5BB

#8CB5BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.045 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5BB
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -12.28, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 14.41, 211.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0397 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.045 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3060, 42.2095, 53.2384)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5BB #BB928C

analogous

#8CBBAA #8CB5BB #8C9EBB

triadic

#8CB5BB #BB8CB5 #B5BB8C

tetradic

#8CB5BB #AA8CBB #BB928C #9EBB8C

square

#8CB5BB #AA8CBB #BB928C #9EBB8C

split-complementary

#8CB5BB #BB8C9E #BBAA8C

monochromatic

#4C7A81 #669CA4 #8CB5BB #B2CED2 #D9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8CB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5BB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5BB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.045 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbcf',
    500: '#8cb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5bb;
$custom-light: #aecbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5BB

secondary

#DACBC9

accent

#4E41A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5BB

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

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