#8CBDBC#8CBDBC

#8CBDBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.052 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDBC
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(179, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -16.23, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 16.90, 196.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0499 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.052 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0870, 45.5997, 54.3620)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDBC #BD8C8D

analogous

#8CBDA4 #8CBDBC #8CA6BD

triadic

#8CBDBC #BC8CBD #BDBC8C

tetradic

#8CBDBC #A48CBD #BD8C8D #A6BD8C

square

#8CBDBC #A48CBD #BD8C8D #A6BD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDBC #BD8CA6 #BDA48C

monochromatic

#4B8382 #65A7A5 #8CBDBC #B3D3D3 #DAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8CBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#8CBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDBC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDBC	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.052 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd1d0',
    500: '#8cbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdbc;
$custom-light: #afd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.05155,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDBC

secondary

#DBCACA

accent

#4042A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDBC

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

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