#8CAEB4#8CAEB4

#8CAEB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.038 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEB4
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -10.16, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 12.28, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0331 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.038 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1871, 39.1416, 48.9250)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEB4 #B4928C

analogous

#8CB4A6 #8CAEB4 #8C9AB4

triadic

#8CAEB4 #B48CAE #AEB48C

tetradic

#8CAEB4 #A68CB4 #B4928C #9AB48C

square

#8CAEB4 #A68CB4 #B4928C #9AB48C

split-complementary

#8CAEB4 #B48C9A #B4A68C

monochromatic

#4E7178 #67949C #8CAEB4 #B1C8CC #D6E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8CAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEB4

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEB4	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.038 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6ca',
    500: '#8caeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caeb4;
$custom-light: #aec6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEB4

secondary

#D5C9C7

accent

#53469F

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEB4

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

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