#8BB997#8BB997

#8BB997 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.069 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB997
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(136, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(136, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -22.22, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 25.43, 150.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0613 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.069 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5807, 42.4200, 35.6907)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB997 #B98BAD

analogous

#96B98B #8BB997 #8BB9AE

triadic

#8BB997 #978BB9 #B9978B

tetradic

#8BB997 #8B96B9 #B98BAD #B9AE8B

square

#8BB997 #8B96B9 #B98BAD #B9AE8B

split-complementary

#8BB997 #AE8BB9 #B98B96

monochromatic

#4C7E59 #65A275 #8BB997 #B1D0B9 #D7E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8BB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB997

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB997	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.069 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adceb5',
    500: '#8bb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb997;
$custom-light: #adceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.652,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74337,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB997

secondary

#D8C8D4

accent

#428AA3

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB997

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

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