#8CB489#8CB489

#8CB489 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.075 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB489
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(116, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(116, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -21.91, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 28.14, 141.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0598 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.075 143)
XYZ	xyz(31.6507, 40.0232, 29.7197)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB489 #B189B4

analogous

#A2B489 #8CB489 #89B49C

triadic

#8CB489 #898CB4 #B4898C

tetradic

#8CB489 #89A2B4 #B189B4 #B49C89

square

#8CB489 #89A2B4 #B189B4 #B49C89

split-complementary

#8CB489 #9C89B4 #B489A2

monochromatic

#4F774C #689C64 #8CB489 #B0CCAE #D5E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8CB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB489

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB489	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)

#B6AC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.075 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecaab',
    500: '#8cb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb489;
$custom-light: #aecaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.814,
    "s": 22.28,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.07484,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.40024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB489

secondary

#D3C5D4

accent

#45A19A

background

#FAFCFA

surface

#F4F8F4

border

#CED1CE

text

#101310

muted

#7F827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB489

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

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