#8AAEAE#8AAEAE

#8AAEAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAEAE
RGB	rgb(138, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -12.14, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 12.79, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0375 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.039 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2550, 38.7301, 45.7597)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAEAE #AE8A8A

analogous

#8AAE9C #8AAEAE #8A9CAE

triadic

#8AAEAE #AE8AAE #AEAE8A

tetradic

#8AAEAE #9C8AAE #AE8A8A #9CAE8A

square

#8AAEAE #9C8AAE #AE8A8A #9CAE8A

split-complementary

#8AAEAE #AE8A9C #AE9C8A

monochromatic

#4E7070 #679494 #8AAEAE #AEC7C7 #D2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8AAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAEAE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAEAE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6c6',
    500: '#8aaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaeae;
$custom-light: #adc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.03908,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAEAE

secondary

#D1C3C3

accent

#49499C

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAEAE

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

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