#8CAFAE#8CAFAE

#8CAFAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.038 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAFAE
RGB	rgb(140, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(178, 20%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -12.03, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 12.51, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0369 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.038 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7830, 39.2902, 45.8400)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAFAE #AF8C8D

analogous

#8CAF9D #8CAFAE #8C9FAF

triadic

#8CAFAE #AE8CAF #AFAE8C

tetradic

#8CAFAE #9D8CAF #AF8C8D #9FAF8C

square

#8CAFAE #9D8CAF #AF8C8D #9FAF8C

split-complementary

#8CAFAE #AF8C9F #AF9D8C

monochromatic

#4F7271 #689694 #8CAFAE #B0C8C7 #D4E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CAFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8CAFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAFAE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAFAE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cafae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.038 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7c6',
    500: '#8cafae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cafae;
$custom-light: #aec7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cafae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72789,
    "c": 0.03807,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAFAE

secondary

#D2C5C5

accent

#494C9C

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAFAE

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

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