#8CBDBD#8CBDBD

#8CBDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.052 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDBD
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -16.00, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 16.83, 198.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0495 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.052 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1952, 45.6430, 54.9317)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDBD #BD8C8C

analogous

#8CBDA5 #8CBDBD #8CA5BD

triadic

#8CBDBD #BD8CBD #BDBD8C

tetradic

#8CBDBD #A58CBD #BD8C8C #A5BD8C

square

#8CBDBD #A58CBD #BD8C8C #A5BD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDBD #BD8CA5 #BDA58C

monochromatic

#4B8383 #65A7A7 #8CBDBD #B3D3D3 #DAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#8CBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDBD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDBD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.052 196.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.05152,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDBD

secondary

#DBCACA

accent

#4040A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDBD

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

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