#8CA2A2#8CA2A2

#8CA2A2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.025 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2A2
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -7.66, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 8.09, 198.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0236 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.025 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2555, 34.0240, 39.1487)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2A2 #A28C8C

analogous

#8CA297 #8CA2A2 #8C97A2

triadic

#8CA2A2 #A28CA2 #A2A28C

tetradic

#8CA2A2 #978CA2 #A28C8C #97A28C

square

#8CA2A2 #978CA2 #A28C8C #97A28C

split-complementary

#8CA2A2 #A28C97 #A2978C

monochromatic

#506363 #6C8585 #8CA2A2 #AEBDBD #D0D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#8CA2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#8CA2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2A2

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2A2	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.025 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbdbd',
    500: '#8ca2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2a2;
$custom-light: #adbdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.02468,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2A2

secondary

#C9C1C1

accent

#7474B4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2A2

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

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