#8cb39c

Color #8cb39c

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb39c

RGB

rgb(140, 179, 156)

HSL

hsl(144.6, 20.4%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(144.6, 21.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(69.62, -17.87, 7.47)

LCH

lch(69.62, 19.37, 157.31)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0536, 158.89)

HWB

hwb(144.6, 54.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b38ca3

Analogous

#8fb38c

#8cb39c

#8cb3af

Triadic

#8cb39c

#9c8cb3

#b39c8c

Split-complementary

#8cb39c

#af8cb3

#b38c8f

Tetradic

#8cb39c

#8ca3b3

#b38ca3

#b39c8c

Square

#8cb39c

#8c8fb3

#b38ca3

#b3af8c

Shades

Color #8cb39c mixed toward black.

#6c9e80

#558066

#3f604d

#2a4033

#15201a

Tints

Color #8cb39c mixed toward white.

#9fc0ac

#b2ccbd

#c5d9cd

#d9e6de

#ecf2ee

Tones

Color #8cb39c mixed toward gray.

#8fb09c

#92ac9d

#96a99e

#99a69e

#9ca39f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fa2 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#9c99a3 · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#8ea6a7 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb39c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb39c]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Spring Green #00ff7f

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#8cb39c (#8cb39c) is rgb(140, 179, 156) in RGB.

No, #8cb39c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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