#8CB397#8CB397

#8CB397 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.058 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB397
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(137, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(137, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -18.85, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 21.35, 151.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0522 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.058 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5197, 40.0490, 35.2890)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB397 #B38CA8

analogous

#94B38C #8CB397 #8CB3AA

triadic

#8CB397 #978CB3 #B3978C

tetradic

#8CB397 #8C94B3 #B38CA8 #B3AA8C

square

#8CB397 #8C94B3 #B38CA8 #B3AA8C

split-complementary

#8CB397 #AA8CB3 #B38C94

monochromatic

#4E765A #679B76 #8CB397 #B1CBB8 #D6E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#8CB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB397

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB397	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.058 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9b5',
    500: '#8cb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb397;
$custom-light: #aec9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.923,
    "s": 20.419,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.05831,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB397

secondary

#D4C6D0

accent

#47869F

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB397

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

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