#8CB997#8CB997

#8CB997 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.068 H 152.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB997
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(135, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(135, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -21.88, 12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 25.19, 150.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0604 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.068 152)
XYZ	xyz(33.7485, 42.5066, 35.6986)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB997 #B98CAE

analogous

#97B98C #8CB997 #8CB9AD

triadic

#8CB997 #978CB9 #B9978C

tetradic

#8CB997 #8C97B9 #B98CAE #B9AD8C

square

#8CB997 #8C97B9 #B98CAE #B9AD8C

split-complementary

#8CB997 #AD8CB9 #B98C97

monochromatic

#4D7E59 #66A275 #8CB997 #B2D0B9 #D8E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8CB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB997

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB997	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)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.068 152.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeceb5',
    500: '#8cb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb997;
$custom-light: #aeceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.667,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 152
  },
  "luminance": 0.42508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB997

secondary

#D8C8D4

accent

#438BA3

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB997

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

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