#8CA29E#8CA29E

#8CA29E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.025 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA29E
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -8.50, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 8.52, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0253 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.025 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9056, 33.8841, 37.3058)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA29E #A28C90

analogous

#8CA293 #8CA29E #8C9BA2

triadic

#8CA29E #9E8CA2 #A29E8C

tetradic

#8CA29E #938CA2 #A28C90 #9BA28C

square

#8CA29E #938CA2 #A28C90 #9BA28C

split-complementary

#8CA29E #A28C9B #A2938C

monochromatic

#506360 #6C8581 #8CA29E #AEBDBB #D0D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8CA29E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#8CA29E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA29E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA29E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA29E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca29e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.025 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbdba',
    500: '#8ca29e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca29e;
$custom-light: #adbdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca29e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.02536,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA29E

secondary

#C9C1C2

accent

#7480B4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA29E

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

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