#8CBDA5#8CBDA5

#8CBDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.062 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDA5
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(151, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(151, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -21.16, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 22.27, 161.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0596 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.062 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8023, 44.6858, 42.3288)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDA5 #BD8CA4

analogous

#8CBD8D #8CBDA5 #8CBDBD

triadic

#8CBDA5 #A58CBD #BDA58C

tetradic

#8CBDA5 #8D8CBD #BD8CA4 #BDBD8C

square

#8CBDA5 #8D8CBD #BD8CA4 #BDBD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDA5 #BD8CBD #BD8D8C

monochromatic

#4B8368 #65A787 #8CBDA5 #B3D3C3 #DAEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#8CBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDA5

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDA5	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.062 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed1bf',
    500: '#8cbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbda5;
$custom-light: #aed1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.612,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.06226,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDA5

secondary

#DBCAD2

accent

#4072A6

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDA5

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

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