#8CB2AE#8CB2AE

#8CB2AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.041 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2AE
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(174, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -13.61, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 13.79, 189.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.041 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.041 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3734, 40.4710, 46.0368)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2AE #B28C90

analogous

#8CB29B #8CB2AE #8CA3B2

triadic

#8CB2AE #AE8CB2 #B2AE8C

tetradic

#8CB2AE #9B8CB2 #B28C90 #A3B28C

square

#8CB2AE #9B8CB2 #B28C90 #A3B28C

split-complementary

#8CB2AE #B28CA3 #B29B8C

monochromatic

#4E7571 #679994 #8CB2AE #B1CBC8 #D5E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CB2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#8CB2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2AE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2AE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.041 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9c6',
    500: '#8cb2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ae;
$custom-light: #aec9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2AE

secondary

#D4C6C7

accent

#47509E

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2AE

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

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