#8CA89E#8CA89E

#8CA89E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.034 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA89E
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(159, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -11.72, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 11.88, 170.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0339 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.034 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9878, 36.0485, 37.6665)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA89E #A88C96

analogous

#8CA890 #8CA89E #8CA4A8

triadic

#8CA89E #9E8CA8 #A89E8C

tetradic

#8CA89E #908CA8 #A88C96 #A4A88C

square

#8CA89E #908CA8 #A88C96 #A4A88C

split-complementary

#8CA89E #A88CA4 #A8908C

monochromatic

#506A60 #6A8D80 #8CA89E #AFC2BB #D2DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8CA89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA89E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA89E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.034 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1ba',
    500: '#8ca89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca89e;
$custom-light: #aec1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.03422,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA89E

secondary

#CDC3C6

accent

#4D6898

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA89E

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

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