#8AADAD#8AADAD

#8AADAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.038 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADAD
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 173)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -11.83, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 12.46, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0366 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.038 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9655, 38.3064, 45.1840)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADAD #AD8A8A

analogous

#8AAD9B #8AADAD #8A9BAD

triadic

#8AADAD #AD8AAD #ADAD8A

tetradic

#8AADAD #9B8AAD #AD8A8A #9BAD8A

square

#8AADAD #9B8AAD #AD8A8A #9BAD8A

split-complementary

#8AADAD #AD8A9B #AD9B8A

monochromatic

#4E6F6F #679393 #8AADAD #AEC6C6 #D2DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8AADAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8AADAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADAD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADAD	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.038 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5c5',
    500: '#8aadad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadad;
$custom-light: #adc5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADAD

secondary

#D0C3C3

accent

#4A4A9C

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADAD

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

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