#8EB8A9#8EB8A9

#8EB8A9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.050 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB8A9
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(159, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(159, 23%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -17.16, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 17.42, 169.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0493 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.05 171)
XYZ	xyz(35.4552, 42.8950, 43.9399)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB8A9 #B88E9D

analogous

#8EB894 #8EB8A9 #8EB2B8

triadic

#8EB8A9 #A98EB8 #B8A98E

tetradic

#8EB8A9 #948EB8 #B88E9D #B2B88E

square

#8EB8A9 #948EB8 #B88E9D #B2B88E

split-complementary

#8EB8A9 #B88EB2 #B8948E

monochromatic

#4F7D6C #68A08C #8EB8A9 #B4D0C6 #D9E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8EB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#8EB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB8A9

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB8A9	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.050 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdc2',
    500: '#8eb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb8a9;
$custom-light: #b0cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 22.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.04992,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB8A9

secondary

#D8CACF

accent

#4465A1

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB8A9

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

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