#8CA8AA#8CA8AA

#8CA8AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.031 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8AA
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -9.18, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 10.11, 204.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0289 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.031 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0716, 36.4820, 43.3744)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8AA #AA8E8C

analogous

#8CAA9D #8CA8AA #8C99AA

triadic

#8CA8AA #AA8CA8 #A8AA8C

tetradic

#8CA8AA #9D8CAA #AA8E8C #99AA8C

square

#8CA8AA #9D8CAA #AA8E8C #99AA8C

split-complementary

#8CA8AA #AA8C99 #AA9D8C

monochromatic

#506A6C #6A8D8F #8CA8AA #AFC3C4 #D2DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#8CA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8AA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8AA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.031 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1c3',
    500: '#8ca8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8aa;
$custom-light: #aec1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71106,
    "c": 0.03109,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8AA

secondary

#CFC4C3

accent

#514C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8AA

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

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