#8CB7BE#8CB7BE

#8CB7BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.047 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7BE
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -12.64, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 15.08, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0412 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.047 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0401, 43.1585, 55.0840)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7BE #BE938C

analogous

#8CBEAC #8CB7BE #8C9EBE

triadic

#8CB7BE #BE8CB7 #B7BE8C

tetradic

#8CB7BE #AC8CBE #BE938C #9EBE8C

square

#8CB7BE #AC8CBE #BE938C #9EBE8C

split-complementary

#8CB7BE #BE8C9E #BEAC8C

monochromatic

#4B7D85 #659FA8 #8CB7BE #B3CFD4 #DAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8CB7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#8CB7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7BE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7BE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.047 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afccd1',
    500: '#8cb7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7be;
$custom-light: #afccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75088,
    "c": 0.04689,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7BE

secondary

#DBCDCA

accent

#4E3FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7BE

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

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