#8CB899#8CB899

#8CB899 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.065 H 153.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB899
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(138, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(138, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -21.00, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 23.73, 152.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0582 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.065 153.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7038, 42.1552, 36.4918)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB899 #B88CAB

analogous

#95B88C #8CB899 #8CB8AF

triadic

#8CB899 #998CB8 #B8998C

tetradic

#8CB899 #8C95B8 #B88CAB #B8AF8C

square

#8CB899 #8C95B8 #B88CAB #B8AF8C

split-complementary

#8CB899 #AF8CB8 #B88C95

monochromatic

#4D7D5B #66A177 #8CB899 #B2CFBB #D8E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8CB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#8CB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB899

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB899	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.065 153.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecdb7',
    500: '#8cb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb899;
$custom-light: #aecdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.727,
    "s": 23.656,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.06476,
    "h": 153.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB899

secondary

#D8C8D3

accent

#4386A2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB899

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

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