#8CAEAD#8CAEAD

#8CAEAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.037 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEAD
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(178, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -11.72, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 12.18, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0359 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.037 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4920, 38.8635, 45.2638)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEAD #AE8C8D

analogous

#8CAE9C #8CAEAD #8C9EAE

triadic

#8CAEAD #AD8CAE #AEAD8C

tetradic

#8CAEAD #9C8CAE #AE8C8D #9EAE8C

square

#8CAEAD #9C8CAE #AE8C8D #9EAE8C

split-complementary

#8CAEAD #AE8C9E #AE9C8C

monochromatic

#4F706F #689493 #8CAEAD #B0C7C7 #D4E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8CAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEAD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEAD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.037 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6c5',
    500: '#8caead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caead;
$custom-light: #aec6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.03707,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEAD

secondary

#D1C5C5

accent

#4A4C9C

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEAD

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

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