#8CB4AA#8CB4AA

#8CB4AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.045 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4AA
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(165, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -15.52, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 15.53, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0454 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.045 178)
XYZ	xyz(34.3901, 41.1190, 44.1472)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4AA #B48C96

analogous

#8CB496 #8CB4AA #8CAAB4

triadic

#8CB4AA #AA8CB4 #B4AA8C

tetradic

#8CB4AA #968CB4 #B48C96 #AAB48C

square

#8CB4AA #968CB4 #B48C96 #AAB48C

split-complementary

#8CB4AA #B48CAA #B4968C

monochromatic

#4E786D #679C8F #8CB4AA #B1CCC5 #D6E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8CB4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4AA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4AA	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.045 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecac3',
    500: '#8cb4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4aa;
$custom-light: #aecac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73786,
    "c": 0.04543,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4AA

secondary

#D5C7CA

accent

#465C9F

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4AA

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

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