#8EB8BE#8EB8BE

#8EB8BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.046 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB8BE
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -12.56, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 14.69, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0406 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.046 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5872, 43.7479, 55.1689)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB8BE #BE948E

analogous

#8EBEAC #8EB8BE #8EA0BE

triadic

#8EB8BE #BE8EB8 #B8BE8E

tetradic

#8EB8BE #AC8EBE #BE948E #A0BE8E

square

#8EB8BE #AC8EBE #BE948E #A0BE8E

split-complementary

#8EB8BE #BE8EA0 #BEAC8E

monochromatic

#4D7E85 #67A0A8 #8EB8BE #B5D0D4 #DCE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8EB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8EB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB8BE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB8BE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.046 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdd1',
    500: '#8eb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb8be;
$custom-light: #b0cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.0456,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB8BE

secondary

#DCCECC

accent

#4D40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F9

border

#CFD2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB8BE

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

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