#8CA0A0#8CA0A0

#8CA0A0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.023 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0A0
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -7.00, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 7.39, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0216 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.023 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7296, 33.2545, 38.1033)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0A0 #A08C8C

analogous

#8CA096 #8CA0A0 #8C96A0

triadic

#8CA0A0 #A08CA0 #A0A08C

tetradic

#8CA0A0 #968CA0 #A08C8C #96A08C

square

#8CA0A0 #968CA0 #A08C8C #96A08C

split-complementary

#8CA0A0 #A08C96 #A0968C

monochromatic

#506161 #6C8383 #8CA0A0 #AEBCBC #CFD7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8CA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8CA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0A0

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0A0	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.023 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbcbc',
    500: '#8ca0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0a0;
$custom-light: #adbcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69017,
    "c": 0.02255,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0A0

secondary

#C8C0C0

accent

#7575B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0A0

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

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