#8CA8A4#8CA8A4

#8CA8A4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.032 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8A4
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -10.47, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 10.53, 186.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0313 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.032 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5169, 36.2602, 40.4531)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8A4 #A88C90

analogous

#8CA896 #8CA8A4 #8C9EA8

triadic

#8CA8A4 #A48CA8 #A8A48C

tetradic

#8CA8A4 #968CA8 #A88C90 #9EA88C

square

#8CA8A4 #968CA8 #A88C90 #9EA88C

split-complementary

#8CA8A4 #A88C9E #A8968C

monochromatic

#506A66 #6A8D88 #8CA8A4 #AFC2C0 #D2DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8CA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8A4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8A4	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.032 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1be',
    500: '#8ca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8a4;
$custom-light: #aec1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.03151,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8A4

secondary

#CDC3C4

accent

#4D5898

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8A4

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

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