#8CA8A6#8CA8A6

#8CA8A6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.031 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8A6
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -10.04, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 10.28, 192.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0305 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.031 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6989, 36.3330, 41.4118)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8A6 #A88C8E

analogous

#8CA898 #8CA8A6 #8C9CA8

triadic

#8CA8A6 #A68CA8 #A8A68C

tetradic

#8CA8A6 #988CA8 #A88C8E #9CA88C

square

#8CA8A6 #988CA8 #A88C8E #9CA88C

split-complementary

#8CA8A6 #A88C9C #A8988C

monochromatic

#506A68 #6A8D8A #8CA8A6 #AFC2C1 #D2DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8CA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8A6

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8A6	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.031 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1c0',
    500: '#8ca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8a6;
$custom-light: #aec1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.0311,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8A6

secondary

#CDC3C3

accent

#4D5398

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8A6

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

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