#8CA79D#8CA79D

#8CA79D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.033 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA79D
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(158, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(158, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -11.39, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 11.58, 169.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0329 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.033 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7182, 35.6464, 37.1538)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA79D #A78C96

analogous

#8CA790 #8CA79D #8CA3A7

triadic

#8CA79D #9D8CA7 #A79D8C

tetradic

#8CA79D #908CA7 #A78C96 #A3A78C

square

#8CA79D #908CA7 #A78C96 #A3A78C

split-complementary

#8CA79D #A78CA3 #A7908C

monochromatic

#50695F #6B8B7F #8CA79D #AFC2BB #D1DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8CA79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#8CA79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA79D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA79D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.033 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1b9',
    500: '#8ca79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca79d;
$custom-light: #aec1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 13.3,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.03329,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA79D

secondary

#CDC2C6

accent

#4E6997

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA79D

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

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