#8AACAE#8AACAE

#8AACAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.037 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACAE
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -11.08, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 12.09, 203.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0348 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.037 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8715, 37.9631, 45.6319)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACAE #AE8C8A

analogous

#8AAE9E #8AACAE #8A9AAE

triadic

#8AACAE #AE8AAC #ACAE8A

tetradic

#8AACAE #9E8AAE #AE8C8A #9AAE8A

square

#8AACAE #9E8AAE #AE8C8A #9AAE8A

split-complementary

#8AACAE #AE8A9A #AE9E8A

monochromatic

#4E6E70 #679294 #8AACAE #AEC6C7 #D2DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8AACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8AACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACAE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACAE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.037 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4c6',
    500: '#8aacae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacae;
$custom-light: #adc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.03719,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACAE

secondary

#D1C4C3

accent

#4E499C

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACAE

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

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