#8CA6A0#8CA6A0

#8CA6A0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.030 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6A0
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(166, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -10.24, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 10.24, 179.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0302 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.03 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7950, 35.3852, 38.4584)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6A0 #A68C92

analogous

#8CA693 #8CA6A0 #8C9FA6

triadic

#8CA6A0 #A08CA6 #A6A08C

tetradic

#8CA6A0 #938CA6 #A68C92 #9FA68C

square

#8CA6A0 #938CA6 #A68C92 #9FA68C

split-complementary

#8CA6A0 #A68C9F #A6938C

monochromatic

#506762 #6B8A83 #8CA6A0 #AFC1BD #D1DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8CA6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6A0

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6A0	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.030 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0bc',
    500: '#8ca6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6a0;
$custom-light: #aec0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.03018,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6A0

secondary

#CCC2C4

accent

#7282B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6A0

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

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