#8CBCA5#8CBCA5

#8CBCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.061 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCA5
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(151, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(151, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -20.66, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 21.66, 162.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0583 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.061 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5879, 44.2571, 42.2574)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCA5 #BC8CA3

analogous

#8CBC8D #8CBCA5 #8CBBBC

triadic

#8CBCA5 #A58CBC #BCA58C

tetradic

#8CBCA5 #8D8CBC #BC8CA3 #BBBC8C

square

#8CBCA5 #8D8CBC #BC8CA3 #BBBC8C

split-complementary

#8CBCA5 #BC8CBB #BC8D8C

monochromatic

#4C8268 #65A587 #8CBCA5 #B3D3C3 #D9E9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8CBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#8CBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCA5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCA5	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.061 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0bf',
    500: '#8cbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbca5;
$custom-light: #aed0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.25,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCA5

secondary

#DACAD2

accent

#4171A5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCA5

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

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