#8EB3AA#8EB3AA

#8EB3AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.042 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3AA
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(165, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -14.35, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 14.36, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0421 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.042 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5291, 40.8921, 44.0961)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3AA #B38E97

analogous

#8EB397 #8EB3AA #8EA9B3

triadic

#8EB3AA #AA8EB3 #B3AA8E

tetradic

#8EB3AA #978EB3 #B38E97 #A9B38E

square

#8EB3AA #978EB3 #B38E97 #A9B38E

split-complementary

#8EB3AA #B38EA9 #B3978E

monochromatic

#50776D #699A8E #8EB3AA #B3CCC6 #D7E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8EB3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#8EB3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3AA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3AA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.042 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9c3',
    500: '#8eb3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3aa;
$custom-light: #afc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 19.577,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3AA

secondary

#D5C8CB

accent

#485D9E

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3AA

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

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