#8EB9B0#8EB9B0

#8EB9B0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.048 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB9B0
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 176)
HSL	hsl(167, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(167, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -16.19, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 16.19, 180.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0477 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.048 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3384, 43.5819, 47.5634)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB9B0 #B98E97

analogous

#8EB99B #8EB9B0 #8EADB9

triadic

#8EB9B0 #B08EB9 #B9B08E

tetradic

#8EB9B0 #9B8EB9 #B98E97 #ADB98E

square

#8EB9B0 #9B8EB9 #B98E97 #ADB98E

split-complementary

#8EB9B0 #B98EAD #B99B8E

monochromatic

#4E7E74 #68A296 #8EB9B0 #B4D0CA #DAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8EB9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8EB9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB9B0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB9B0	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.048 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cec7',
    500: '#8eb9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb9b0;
$custom-light: #b0cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 23.497,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB9B0

secondary

#D9CACD

accent

#4457A2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F8

border

#CFD2D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB9B0

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

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