#8CBDB5#8CBDB5

#8CBDB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.053 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDB5
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(170, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(170, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -17.79, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 17.83, 183.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0528 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.053 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3507, 45.3052, 50.4839)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDB5 #BD8C94

analogous

#8CBD9D #8CBDB5 #8CADBD

triadic

#8CBDB5 #B58CBD #BDB58C

tetradic

#8CBDB5 #9D8CBD #BD8C94 #ADBD8C

square

#8CBDB5 #9D8CBD #BD8C94 #ADBD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDB5 #BD8CAD #BD9D8C

monochromatic

#4B837A #65A79C #8CBDB5 #B3D3CE #DAEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#8CBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDB5

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDB5	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.053 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1cb',
    500: '#8cbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdb5;
$custom-light: #afd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76142,
    "c": 0.05291,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDB5

secondary

#DBCACD

accent

#4050A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDB5

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

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