#8CBDBB#8CBDBB

#8CBDBB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.052 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDBB
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(178, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -16.45, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 16.98, 194.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0503 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.052 193)
XYZ	xyz(37.9796, 45.5567, 53.7962)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDBB #BD8C8E

analogous

#8CBDA3 #8CBDBB #8CA7BD

triadic

#8CBDBB #BB8CBD #BDBB8C

tetradic

#8CBDBB #A38CBD #BD8C8E #A7BD8C

square

#8CBDBB #A38CBD #BD8C8E #A7BD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDBB #BD8CA7 #BDA38C

monochromatic

#4B8381 #65A7A4 #8CBDBB #B3D3D2 #DAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8CBDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#8CBDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDBB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDBB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.052 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1cf',
    500: '#8cbdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdbb;
$custom-light: #afd1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76328,
    "c": 0.05163,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.45558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDBB

secondary

#DBCACB

accent

#4044A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDBB

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

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