#8CBDB3#8CBDB3

#8CBDB3 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.054 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDB3
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(168, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -18.22, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 18.22, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0536 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.054 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1469, 45.2237, 49.4108)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDB3 #BD8C96

analogous

#8CBD9B #8CBDB3 #8CAFBD

triadic

#8CBDB3 #B38CBD #BDB38C

tetradic

#8CBDB3 #9B8CBD #BD8C96 #AFBD8C

square

#8CBDB3 #9B8CBD #BD8C96 #AFBD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDB3 #BD8CAF #BD9B8C

monochromatic

#4B8378 #65A799 #8CBDB3 #B3D3CD #DAEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#8CBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDB3

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDB3	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.054 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1c9',
    500: '#8cbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdb3;
$custom-light: #afd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76081,
    "c": 0.05365,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDB3

secondary

#DBCACD

accent

#4055A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDB3

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

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