#8CA496#8CA496

#8CA496 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.034 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA496
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(145, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(145, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -11.20, 4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 12.06, 158.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0316 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.034 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5944, 34.3278, 33.9150)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA496 #A48C9A

analogous

#8EA48C #8CA496 #8CA4A2

triadic

#8CA496 #968CA4 #A4968C

tetradic

#8CA496 #8C8EA4 #A48C9A #A4A28C

square

#8CA496 #8C8EA4 #A48C9A #A4A28C

split-complementary

#8CA496 #A28CA4 #A48C8E

monochromatic

#506559 #6B8877 #8CA496 #AEBFB5 #D0DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#8CA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#8CA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA496

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA496	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.034 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbfb4',
    500: '#8ca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca496;
$custom-light: #adbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69606,
    "c": 0.03364,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA496

secondary

#CBC1C7

accent

#7399B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA496

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

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