#8EC9BB#8EC9BB

#8EC9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.064 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC9BB
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(166, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -21.95, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 21.97, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.064 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.064 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0086, 51.1099, 54.7085)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC9BB #C98E9C

analogous

#8EC99E #8EC9BB #8EB9C9

triadic

#8EC9BB #BB8EC9 #C9BB8E

tetradic

#8EC9BB #9E8EC9 #C98E9C #B9C98E

square

#8EC9BB #9E8EC9 #C98E9C #B9C98E

split-complementary

#8EC9BB #C98EB9 #C99E8E

monochromatic

#479583 #65B5A2 #8EC9BB #B7DDD4 #E1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#8EC9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC9BB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC9BB	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.064 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d9cf',
    500: '#8ec9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec9bb;
$custom-light: #b0d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.763,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79143,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC9BB

secondary

#9D5F6D

accent

#3754AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC9BB

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

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