#8CB8A3#8CB8A3

#8CB8A3 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.056 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8A3
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(151, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(151, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -19.03, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 19.93, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0538 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.056 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5646, 42.4995, 41.0253)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8A3 #B88CA1

analogous

#8CB88D #8CB8A3 #8CB7B8

triadic

#8CB8A3 #A38CB8 #B8A38C

tetradic

#8CB8A3 #8D8CB8 #B88CA1 #B7B88C

square

#8CB8A3 #8D8CB8 #B88CA1 #B7B88C

split-complementary

#8CB8A3 #B88CB7 #B88D8C

monochromatic

#4D7D66 #66A185 #8CB8A3 #B2CFC1 #D8E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8CB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8A3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8A3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.056 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecdbe',
    500: '#8cb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8a3;
$custom-light: #aecdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.364,
    "s": 23.656,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.05593,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8A3

secondary

#D8C8D0

accent

#4371A2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8A3

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

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