#8CA8A0#8CA8A0

#8CA8A0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.033 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8A0
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(163, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(163, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -11.31, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 11.34, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.033 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.033 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1614, 36.1179, 38.5806)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8A0 #A88C94

analogous

#8CA892 #8CA8A0 #8CA2A8

triadic

#8CA8A0 #A08CA8 #A8A08C

tetradic

#8CA8A0 #928CA8 #A88C94 #A2A88C

square

#8CA8A0 #928CA8 #A88C94 #A2A88C

split-complementary

#8CA8A0 #A88CA2 #A8928C

monochromatic

#506A62 #6A8D83 #8CA8A0 #AFC2BD #D2DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8CA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8A0

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8A0	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.033 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1bc',
    500: '#8ca8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8a0;
$custom-light: #aec1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.0331,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8A0

secondary

#CDC3C6

accent

#4D6398

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8A0

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

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