#8CB8BC#8CB8BC

#8CB8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.047 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8BC
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -13.63, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 15.23, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0433 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.047 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0300, 43.4856, 54.0097)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8BC #BC908C

analogous

#8CBCA8 #8CB8BC #8CA0BC

triadic

#8CB8BC #BC8CB8 #B8BC8C

tetradic

#8CB8BC #A88CBC #BC908C #A0BC8C

square

#8CB8BC #A88CBC #BC908C #A0BC8C

split-complementary

#8CB8BC #BC8CA0 #BCA88C

monochromatic

#4C7D82 #65A0A5 #8CB8BC #B3D0D3 #D9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#8CB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8BC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8BC	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.047 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcdd0',
    500: '#8cb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8bc;
$custom-light: #afcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.04712,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8BC

secondary

#DACBCA

accent

#4941A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8BC

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

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