#8CA997#8CA997

#8CA997 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.041 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA997
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(143, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(143, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -13.66, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 14.91, 156.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0383 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.041 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5877, 36.1850, 34.6450)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA997 #A98C9E

analogous

#8FA98C #8CA997 #8CA9A5

triadic

#8CA997 #978CA9 #A9978C

tetradic

#8CA997 #8C8FA9 #A98C9E #A9A58C

square

#8CA997 #8C8FA9 #A98C9E #A9A58C

split-complementary

#8CA997 #A58CA9 #A98C8F

monochromatic

#506B5A #6A8E78 #8CA997 #AFC3B7 #D2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8CA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA997

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA997	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)

#A8A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.041 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2b5',
    500: '#8ca997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca997;
$custom-light: #aec2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.759,
    "s": 14.428,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70759,
    "c": 0.04131,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA997

secondary

#CEC3CA

accent

#4D7C99

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA997

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

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