#8CB396#8CB396

#8CB396 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.059 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB396
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(135, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(135, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -19.04, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 21.77, 150.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0527 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.059 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4388, 40.0167, 34.8631)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB396 #B38CA9

analogous

#95B38C #8CB396 #8CB3AA

triadic

#8CB396 #968CB3 #B3968C

tetradic

#8CB396 #8C95B3 #B38CA9 #B3AA8C

square

#8CB396 #8C95B3 #B38CA9 #B3AA8C

split-complementary

#8CB396 #AA8CB3 #B38C95

monochromatic

#4E7659 #679B74 #8CB396 #B1CBB8 #D6E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8CB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB396

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB396	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.059 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9b4',
    500: '#8cb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb396;
$custom-light: #aec9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.385,
    "s": 20.419,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.0593,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB396

secondary

#D4C6D1

accent

#47889F

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB396

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

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