#8CA899#8CA899

#8CA899 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.038 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA899
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(148, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(148, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -12.73, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 13.52, 160.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.036 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.038 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5662, 35.8799, 35.4459)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA899 #A88C9B

analogous

#8DA88C #8CA899 #8CA8A7

triadic

#8CA899 #998CA8 #A8998C

tetradic

#8CA899 #8C8DA8 #A88C9B #A8A78C

square

#8CA899 #8C8DA8 #A88C9B #A8A78C

split-complementary

#8CA899 #A78CA8 #A88C8D

monochromatic

#506A5C #6A8D7A #8CA899 #AFC2B8 #D2DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8CA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA899

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA899	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.038 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1b7',
    500: '#8ca899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca899;
$custom-light: #aec1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.857,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA899

secondary

#CDC3C8

accent

#4D7598

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA899

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

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