#8CAA9C#8CAA9C

#8CAA9C is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.039 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAA9C
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(152, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(152, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -13.19, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 13.72, 163.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0375 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.039 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1891, 36.7244, 36.8913)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAA9C #AA8C9A

analogous

#8CAA8D #8CAA9C #8CA9AA

triadic

#8CAA9C #9C8CAA #AA9C8C

tetradic

#8CAA9C #8D8CAA #AA8C9A #A9AA8C

square

#8CAA9C #8D8CAA #AA8C9A #A9AA8C

split-complementary

#8CAA9C #AA8CA9 #AA8D8C

monochromatic

#506C5F #6A8F7E #8CAA9C #AFC4BA #D2DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#8CAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAA9C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAA9C	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.039 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3b9',
    500: '#8caa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caa9c;
$custom-light: #aec3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAA9C

secondary

#CFC3C9

accent

#4C7099

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAA9C

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

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