#8EA5A5#8EA5A5

#8EA5A5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.026 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5A5
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -7.98, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 8.42, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0246 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.026 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4003, 35.3769, 40.7641)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5A5 #A58E8E

analogous

#8EA599 #8EA5A5 #8E99A5

triadic

#8EA5A5 #A58EA5 #A5A58E

tetradic

#8EA5A5 #998EA5 #A58E8E #99A58E

square

#8EA5A5 #998EA5 #A58E8E #99A58E

split-complementary

#8EA5A5 #A58E99 #A5998E

monochromatic

#526767 #6D8989 #8EA5A5 #B0C0C0 #D2DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8EA5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8EA5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5A5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5A5	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.026 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfbf',
    500: '#8ea5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5a5;
$custom-light: #afbfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.02569,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5A5

secondary

#CCC3C3

accent

#505095

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5A5

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

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