#8AA8A6#8AA8A6

#8AA8A6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.033 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA8A6
RGB	rgb(138, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -10.70, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 10.96, 192.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0325 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.033 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3649, 36.1607, 41.3962)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA8A6 #A88A8C

analogous

#8AA897 #8AA8A6 #8A9BA8

triadic

#8AA8A6 #A68AA8 #A8A68A

tetradic

#8AA8A6 #978AA8 #A88A8C #9BA88A

square

#8AA8A6 #978AA8 #A88A8C #9BA88A

split-complementary

#8AA8A6 #A88A9B #A8978A

monochromatic

#4E6968 #688C8A #8AA8A6 #ADC2C1 #D0DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8AA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8AA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA8A6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA8A6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.033 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc1c0',
    500: '#8aa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa8a6;
$custom-light: #acc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.03319,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA8A6

secondary

#CDC1C2

accent

#7075B7

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA8A6

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

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