#8EB5BC#8EB5BC

#8EB5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.043 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5BC
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -11.44, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 13.87, 214.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0374 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.043 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7536, 42.4279, 53.8201)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5BC #BC958E

analogous

#8EBCAC #8EB5BC #8E9EBC

triadic

#8EB5BC #BC8EB5 #B5BC8E

tetradic

#8EB5BC #AC8EBC #BC958E #9EBC8E

square

#8EB5BC #AC8EBC #BC958E #9EBC8E

split-complementary

#8EB5BC #BC8E9E #BCAC8E

monochromatic

#4D7A82 #689CA5 #8EB5BC #B4CED3 #DBE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8EB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5BC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5BC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.043 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbd0',
    500: '#8eb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5bc;
$custom-light: #b0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74704,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5BC

secondary

#DBCDCB

accent

#5041A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5BC

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

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