#8CB9BE#8CB9BE

#8CB9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.048 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB9BE
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(186, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -13.69, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 15.56, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0438 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.048 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4555, 43.9894, 55.2225)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB9BE #BE918C

analogous

#8CBEAA #8CB9BE #8CA0BE

triadic

#8CB9BE #BE8CB9 #B9BE8C

tetradic

#8CB9BE #AA8CBE #BE918C #A0BE8C

square

#8CB9BE #AA8CBE #BE918C #A0BE8C

split-complementary

#8CB9BE #BE8CA0 #BEAA8C

monochromatic

#4B7F85 #65A1A8 #8CB9BE #B3D1D4 #DAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#8CB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB9BE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB9BE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CBDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.048 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afced1',
    500: '#8cb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb9be;
$custom-light: #afced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.04824,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB9BE

secondary

#DBCCCA

accent

#493FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB9BE

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

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