#8CA299#8CA299

#8CA299 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.028 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA299
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(155, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(155, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -9.53, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 9.76, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0274 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.028 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4839, 33.7154, 35.0852)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA299 #A28C95

analogous

#8CA28E #8CA299 #8CA0A2

triadic

#8CA299 #998CA2 #A2998C

tetradic

#8CA299 #8E8CA2 #A28C95 #A0A28C

square

#8CA299 #8E8CA2 #A28C95 #A0A28C

split-complementary

#8CA299 #A28CA0 #A28E8C

monochromatic

#50635C #6C857B #8CA299 #AEBDB7 #D0D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8CA299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#8CA299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA299

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA299	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.028 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbdb7',
    500: '#8ca299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca299;
$custom-light: #adbdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69246,
    "c": 0.02794,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA299

secondary

#C9C1C4

accent

#748EB4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA299

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

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