#8CB0A4#8CB0A4

#8CB0A4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0A4
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 164)
HSL	hsl(160, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(160, 20%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -14.70, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 14.85, 171.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0425 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.043 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0395, 39.3054, 40.9607)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0A4 #B08C98

analogous

#8CB092 #8CB0A4 #8CAAB0

triadic

#8CB0A4 #A48CB0 #B0A48C

tetradic

#8CB0A4 #928CB0 #B08C98 #AAB08C

square

#8CB0A4 #928CB0 #B08C98 #AAB08C

split-complementary

#8CB0A4 #B08CAA #B0928C

monochromatic

#4F7367 #689787 #8CB0A4 #B0C9C1 #D5E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CB0A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8CB0A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0A4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0A4	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)

#AEABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7bf',
    500: '#8cb0a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0a4;
$custom-light: #aec7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 18.557,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.04281,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0A4

secondary

#D3C5CA

accent

#49659D

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0A4

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

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