#8CB8BF#8CB8BF

#8CB8BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.048 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8BF
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -12.93, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 15.37, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0421 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.048 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3568, 43.6163, 55.7306)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8BF #BF938C

analogous

#8CBFAC #8CB8BF #8C9FBF

triadic

#8CB8BF #BF8CB8 #B8BF8C

tetradic

#8CB8BF #AC8CBF #BF938C #9FBF8C

square

#8CB8BF #AC8CBF #BF938C #9FBF8C

split-complementary

#8CB8BF #BF8C9F #BFAC8C

monochromatic

#4B7E86 #65A0A9 #8CB8BF #B3D0D5 #DBE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8CB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8BF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8BF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.048 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcdd2',
    500: '#8cb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8bf;
$custom-light: #afcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8BF

secondary

#DCCDCB

accent

#4D3EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8BF

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

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