#8CA09C#8CA09C

#8CA09C is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.023 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA09C
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(168, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -7.84, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 7.84, 182.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0233 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.023 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3853, 33.1168, 36.2900)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA09C #A08C90

analogous

#8CA092 #8CA09C #8C9AA0

triadic

#8CA09C #9C8CA0 #A09C8C

tetradic

#8CA09C #928CA0 #A08C90 #9AA08C

square

#8CA09C #928CA0 #A08C90 #9AA08C

split-complementary

#8CA09C #A08C9A #A0928C

monochromatic

#50615E #6C837E #8CA09C #AEBCB9 #CFD7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#8CA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#8CA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA09C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA09C	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#9E9D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.023 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbcb9',
    500: '#8ca09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca09c;
$custom-light: #adbcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.02328,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA09C

secondary

#C8C0C2

accent

#7582B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA09C

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

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