#8CB7BC#8CB7BC

#8CB7BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.046 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7BC
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -13.10, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 14.96, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.042 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.046 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8230, 43.0717, 53.9407)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7BC #BC918C

analogous

#8CBCA9 #8CB7BC #8C9FBC

triadic

#8CB7BC #BC8CB7 #B7BC8C

tetradic

#8CB7BC #A98CBC #BC918C #9FBC8C

square

#8CB7BC #A98CBC #BC918C #9FBC8C

split-complementary

#8CB7BC #BC8C9F #BCA98C

monochromatic

#4C7C82 #659FA5 #8CB7BC #B3CFD3 #D9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8CB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#8CB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7BC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7BC	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.046 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afccd0',
    500: '#8cb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7bc;
$custom-light: #afccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7BC

secondary

#DACBCA

accent

#4B41A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7BC

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

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