#8CA49E#8CA49E

#8CA49E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.028 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA49E
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(165, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -9.58, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 9.59, 178.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0282 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.028 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2607, 34.5943, 37.4242)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA49E #A48C92

analogous

#8CA492 #8CA49E #8C9EA4

triadic

#8CA49E #9E8CA4 #A49E8C

tetradic

#8CA49E #928CA4 #A48C92 #9EA48C

square

#8CA49E #928CA4 #A48C92 #9EA48C

split-complementary

#8CA49E #A48C9E #A4928C

monochromatic

#506560 #6B8880 #8CA49E #AEBFBB #D0DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#8CA49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#8CA49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA49E

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA49E	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.028 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbfba',
    500: '#8ca49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca49e;
$custom-light: #adbfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69842,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA49E

secondary

#CBC1C4

accent

#7384B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA49E

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

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