#8CA4A2#8CA4A2

#8CA4A2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.027 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4A2
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(175, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -8.74, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 8.92, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0265 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.027 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6106, 34.7342, 39.2670)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4A2 #A48C8E

analogous

#8CA496 #8CA4A2 #8C9AA4

triadic

#8CA4A2 #A28CA4 #A4A28C

tetradic

#8CA4A2 #968CA4 #A48C8E #9AA48C

square

#8CA4A2 #968CA4 #A48C8E #9AA48C

split-complementary

#8CA4A2 #A48C9A #A4968C

monochromatic

#506564 #6B8885 #8CA4A2 #AEBFBE #D0DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8CA4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#8CA4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4A2

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4A2	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.027 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfbd',
    500: '#8ca4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4a2;
$custom-light: #aebfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69965,
    "c": 0.02695,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4A2

secondary

#CBC1C2

accent

#7379B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4A2

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