#8CB596#8CB596

#8CB596 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 152.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB596
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(135, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(135, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -20.05, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 23.05, 150.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0554 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.063 152.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8426, 40.8241, 34.9977)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB596 #B58CAB

analogous

#96B58C #8CB596 #8CB5AA

triadic

#8CB596 #968CB5 #B5968C

tetradic

#8CB596 #8C96B5 #B58CAB #B5AA8C

square

#8CB596 #8C96B5 #B58CAB #B5AA8C

split-complementary

#8CB596 #AA8CB5 #B58C96

monochromatic

#4E7958 #679D74 #8CB596 #B1CDB8 #D6E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#8CB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB596

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB596	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 152.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbb4',
    500: '#8cb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb596;
$custom-light: #aecbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.634,
    "s": 21.693,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 152.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB596

secondary

#D6C7D2

accent

#458AA0

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F6

border

#CED1D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB596

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

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