#8CB8A2#8CB8A2

#8CB8A2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.057 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8A2
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(150, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(150, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -19.23, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 20.28, 161.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0542 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.057 163)
XYZ	xyz(34.4754, 42.4638, 40.5553)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8A2 #B88CA2

analogous

#8CB88C #8CB8A2 #8CB8B8

triadic

#8CB8A2 #A28CB8 #B8A28C

tetradic

#8CB8A2 #8C8CB8 #B88CA2 #B8B88C

square

#8CB8A2 #8C8CB8 #B88CA2 #B8B88C

split-complementary

#8CB8A2 #B88CB8 #B88C8C

monochromatic

#4D7D65 #66A183 #8CB8A2 #B2CFC1 #D8E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8CB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8A2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8A2	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.057 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecdbd',
    500: '#8cb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8a2;
$custom-light: #aecdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 23.656,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.42465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8A2

secondary

#D8C8D0

accent

#4373A2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8A2

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

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