#8CB5BC#8CB5BC

#8CB5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.045 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5BC
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -12.05, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 14.49, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0393 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.045 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4134, 42.2525, 53.8041)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5BC #BC938C

analogous

#8CBCAB #8CB5BC #8C9DBC

triadic

#8CB5BC #BC8CB5 #B5BC8C

tetradic

#8CB5BC #AB8CBC #BC938C #9DBC8C

square

#8CB5BC #AB8CBC #BC938C #9DBC8C

split-complementary

#8CB5BC #BC8C9D #BCAB8C

monochromatic

#4C7A82 #659CA5 #8CB5BC #B3CED3 #D9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5BC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5BC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.045 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd0',
    500: '#8cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5bc;
$custom-light: #aecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.04502,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5BC

secondary

#DACCCA

accent

#4F41A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5BC

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

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