#8CA4A6#8CA4A6

#8CA4A6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.027 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4A6
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -7.89, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 8.77, 205.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0249 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.027 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9718, 34.8787, 41.1695)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4A6 #A68E8C

analogous

#8CA69B #8CA4A6 #8C97A6

triadic

#8CA4A6 #A68CA4 #A4A68C

tetradic

#8CA4A6 #9B8CA6 #A68E8C #97A68C

square

#8CA4A6 #9B8CA6 #A68E8C #97A68C

split-complementary

#8CA4A6 #A68C97 #A69B8C

monochromatic

#506667 #6B888A #8CA4A6 #AFBFC1 #D1DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8CA4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#8CA4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4A6

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4A6	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.027 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebfc0',
    500: '#8ca4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4a6;
$custom-light: #aebfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.02695,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4A6

secondary

#CCC3C2

accent

#7772B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4A6

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