#8CA8A8#8CA8A8

#8CA8A8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.031 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8A8
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -9.61, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 10.14, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0297 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.031 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8838, 36.4069, 42.3856)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8A8 #A88C8C

analogous

#8CA89A #8CA8A8 #8C9AA8

triadic

#8CA8A8 #A88CA8 #A8A88C

tetradic

#8CA8A8 #9A8CA8 #A88C8C #9AA88C

square

#8CA8A8 #9A8CA8 #A88C8C #9AA88C

split-complementary

#8CA8A8 #A88C9A #A89A8C

monochromatic

#506A6A #6A8D8D #8CA8A8 #AFC2C2 #D2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8CA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8A8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8A8	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.031 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1c1',
    500: '#8ca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8a8;
$custom-light: #aec1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.03095,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8A8

secondary

#CDC3C3

accent

#4D4D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8A8

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

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