#8CA09B#8CA09B

#8CA09B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.024 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA09B
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -8.04, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 8.05, 178.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0237 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.024 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3010, 33.0830, 35.8459)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA09B #A08C91

analogous

#8CA091 #8CA09B #8C9BA0

triadic

#8CA09B #9B8CA0 #A09B8C

tetradic

#8CA09B #918CA0 #A08C91 #9BA08C

square

#8CA09B #918CA0 #A08C91 #9BA08C

split-complementary

#8CA09B #A08C9B #A0918C

monochromatic

#50615D #6C837D #8CA09B #AEBCB8 #CFD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8CA09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#8CA09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA09B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA09B	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.024 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbcb8',
    500: '#8ca09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca09b;
$custom-light: #adbcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68862,
    "c": 0.02368,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA09B

secondary

#C8C0C2

accent

#7585B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA09B

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

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