#A8BCA8#A8BCA8

#A8BCA8 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.036 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCA8
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(120, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -10.68, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 13.23, 143.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0292 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.036 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1981, 47.1179, 43.9624)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCA8 #BCA8BC

analogous

#B2BCA8 #A8BCA8 #A8BCB2

triadic

#A8BCA8 #A8A8BC #BCA8A8

tetradic

#A8BCA8 #A8B2BC #BCA8BC #BCB2A8

square

#A8BCA8 #A8B2BC #BCA8BC #BCB2A8

split-complementary

#A8BCA8 #B2A8BC #BCA8B2

monochromatic

#668466 #85A185 #A8BCA8 #CBD7CB #EDF1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A8BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#A8BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCA8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCA8	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.036 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0c1',
    500: '#a8bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bca8;
$custom-light: #c2d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77424,
    "c": 0.03561,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCA8

secondary

#E3DDE3

accent

#4E9797

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#121412

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCA8

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

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