#8CA8A2#8CA8A2

#8CA8A2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.032 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8A2
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(167, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -10.89, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 10.89, 180.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0322 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.032 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3377, 36.1885, 39.5094)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8A2 #A88C92

analogous

#8CA894 #8CA8A2 #8CA0A8

triadic

#8CA8A2 #A28CA8 #A8A28C

tetradic

#8CA8A2 #948CA8 #A88C92 #A0A88C

square

#8CA8A2 #948CA8 #A88C92 #A0A88C

split-complementary

#8CA8A2 #A88CA0 #A8948C

monochromatic

#506A64 #6A8D85 #8CA8A2 #AFC2BE #D2DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8CA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8A2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8A2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.032 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1bd',
    500: '#8ca8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8a2;
$custom-light: #aec1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.03217,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8A2

secondary

#CDC3C5

accent

#4D5D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8A2

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

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