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#8BC8BC

#8bc8bc ≈ Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8bc8bc is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 78.43% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.2°, with 35.67% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 8.02.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.5043

Complementary

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #c88b97

Split complementary

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #c88bb5
  3. #c89e8b

Analogous

  1. #8bc89e
  2. #8bc8bc
  3. #8bb5c8

Triadic

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #bc8bc8
  3. #c8bc8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #8b97c8
  3. #c88b97
  4. #c8bc8b

Square

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #9e8bc8
  3. #c88b97
  4. #b5c88b

Monochromatic

  1. #3c7e71
  2. #57af9e
  3. #8bc8bc
  4. #bfe1da
  5. #f1f8f7

Shades

#8bc8bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #7db4a9
  3. #6fa096
  4. #618c84
  5. #537871
  6. #46645e
  7. #38504b
  8. #2a3c38
  9. #1c2826
  10. #0e1413
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bc8bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #97cec3
  3. #a2d3c9
  4. #aed9d0
  5. #b9ded7
  6. #c5e4de
  7. #d1e9e4
  8. #dcefeb
  9. #e8f4f2
  10. #f3faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bc8bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bc8bc
  2. #8ac1b6
  3. #89bab0
  4. #88b2aa
  5. #87aba4
  6. #86a49e
  7. #849d98
  8. #839692
  9. #828e8c
  10. #818786
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abc1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3c1bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8b9bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79cac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc4bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8bfbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80c9c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bc8bc {
  color: #8bc8bc;
}
Background
.bg-8bc8bc {
  background-color: #8bc8bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bc8bc {
  border: 2px solid #8bc8bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bc8bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 200 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 36% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bc8bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bc8bc, #8bb5c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bc8bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 200 188 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.02 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.14 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.55 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.38 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.53 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.78 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.19 #743743 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Opal
#8bc8bc  rgb(139, 200, 188)  hsl(168, 36%, 66%)  Opal
#c88b97  rgb(200, 139, 151)  hsl(348, 36%, 66%)  Puce
#bc8bc8  rgb(188, 139, 200)  hsl(288, 36%, 66%)  Wisteria
#c8bc8b  rgb(200, 188, 139)  hsl(48, 36%, 66%)  Ecru