#8CBABE#8CBABE

#8CBABE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.049 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBABE
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -14.21, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 15.83, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0451 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.049 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6655, 44.4092, 55.2924)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBABE #BE908C

analogous

#8CBEA9 #8CBABE #8CA1BE

triadic

#8CBABE #BE8CBA #BABE8C

tetradic

#8CBABE #A98CBE #BE908C #A1BE8C

square

#8CBABE #A98CBE #BE908C #A1BE8C

split-complementary

#8CBABE #BE8CA1 #BEA98C

monochromatic

#4B8085 #65A3A8 #8CBABE #B3D1D4 #DAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8CBABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#8CBABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBABE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBABE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.049 202.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.049,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBABE

secondary

#DBCCCA

accent

#473FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBABE

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

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