#8CB8BE#8CB8BE

#8CB8BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.048 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8BE
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -13.17, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 15.31, 210.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0425 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.048 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2471, 43.5725, 55.1530)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8BE #BE928C

analogous

#8CBEAB #8CB8BE #8C9FBE

triadic

#8CB8BE #BE8CB8 #B8BE8C

tetradic

#8CB8BE #AB8CBE #BE928C #9FBE8C

square

#8CB8BE #AB8CBE #BE928C #9FBE8C

split-complementary

#8CB8BE #BE8C9F #BEAB8C

monochromatic

#4B7E85 #65A0A8 #8CB8BE #B3D0D4 #DAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#8CB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8BE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8BE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.048 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcdd1',
    500: '#8cb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8be;
$custom-light: #afcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.04753,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8BE

secondary

#DBCCCA

accent

#4C3FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8BE

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

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