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#8eceb0

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Jade

RGB
142, 206, 176
HSL
152°, 40%, 68%
CMYK
31, 0, 15, 19
Luminance
0.5303

#8eceb0 is a light soft green, 152° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.61:1). As text it scores 1.81:1 on white — use #398461 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(152 40% 68%)rgb(142 206 176)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #8eceb0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#8eceb0
Hue
152°
green
Saturation
40%
soft
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5303
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.61:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 5.2
Chroma
28.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.800
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 12.2
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue152° of 360°
Saturation40%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #8eceb0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green83%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#8eceb0
HEX (8-digit)#8eceb0ff
RGBrgb(142, 206, 176)
RGBArgba(142, 206, 176, 1)
HSLhsl(152, 40%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152, 31%, 81%)
HWBhwb(152 56% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 15%, 19%)
LABlab(77.9 -26.7 8.5)
LCHlch(77.9 28.0 162.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.800 0.078 163.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.06, 53.03, 49.14)
Decimal9359024
Display P3color(display-p3 0.557 0.808 0.690)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8eceb0;
background-color: #8eceb0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8eceb0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8eceb0] bg-[#8eceb0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8eceb0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.557, green: 0.808, blue: 0.690)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.557, green: 0.808, blue: 0.690, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8ECEB0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8ECEB0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8ECEB0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(176, 206, 142)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(142, 206, 176)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(142, 206, 176)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 142, 206, 176)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5569f, 0.8078f, 0.6902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{142,206,176}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8eceb0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8eceb0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#275941, #D4ECE1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8eceb0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF4F0;
  --brand-200: #D2E9DF;
  --brand-300: #B1DDC8;
  --brand-400: #8eceb0;
  --brand-500: #62BB92;
  --brand-600: #4AAB7D;
  --brand-700: #3E8E69;
  --brand-800: #317254;
  --brand-900: #27533F;
  --brand-950: #183427;
  --brand: #8eceb0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C6E6D7;
  --brand-hover: #75C39F;
  --brand-pressed: #5CB88D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241D;
    --brand-ink: #D4ECE1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF4F0',
        200: '#D2E9DF',
        300: '#B1DDC8',
        400: '#8eceb0',
        500: '#62BB92',
        600: '#4AAB7D',
        700: '#3E8E69',
        800: '#317254',
        900: '#27533F',
        950: '#183427',
        DEFAULT: '#8eceb0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF4F0,
  '200': #D2E9DF,
  '300': #B1DDC8,
  '400': #8eceb0,
  '500': #62BB92,
  '600': #4AAB7D,
  '700': #3E8E69,
  '800': #317254,
  '900': #27533F,
  '950': #183427,
);
$brand-base: #8eceb0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2E9DF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B1DDC8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8eceb0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#62BB92", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4AAB7D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3E8E69", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#317254", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#27533F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183427", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #8eceb0 · 11.61:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.81:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.61:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8eceb0 as text scores 1.81:1 on white and 11.61:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #275941 at 4.48:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#398461 · 4.52:1
AA on white−31% L
#398461
The quick fox
#2A6147 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−41% L
#2A6147
The quick fox
#8eceb0 · 11.61:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8eceb0
The quick fox
#8eceb0 · 11.61:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8eceb0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #47A479 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#8eceb0 on white: 1.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8eceb0 on black: 11.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #8eceb0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #8eceb0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.81:1AaAa
Slate 501.73:1AaAa
Slate 1001.65:1AaAa
Slate 2001.47:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4001.42:1AaAa
Slate 5002.63:1AaAa
Slate 6004.19:1AaAa
Slate 7005.72:1AaAa
Slate 8008.08:1AaAa
Slate 9009.87:1AaAa
Black11.61:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CCC5AF
deuteranopia · #C1BDB2
tritanopia · #80CEC5

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #8eceb0 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF7
#EBF4F0
#D2E9DF
#B1DDC8
#8eceb0
#62BB92
#4AAB7D
#3E8E69
#317254
#27533F
#183427
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #183427Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 163.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 163.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 163.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 163.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.072 163.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.078 163.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.078 163.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 163.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.066 163.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 163.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 163.8);
}

Colors that work with #8eceb0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C6E6D7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B75
Captions on the surface
Accent#923A79
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#275941
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241D
Dark-mode background
Hover#75C39F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5CB88D
Two steps down
Disabled#E1ECE6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#95DBBA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #8eceb0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #275941
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #47A479

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight32/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CE8EAC
Analogous left#8ECE90
Analogous right#8ECCCE
Split-complement 1#CE8ECC
Split-complement 2#CE908E
Triadic 1#B08ECE
Triadic 2#CEB08E
Tetradic#908ECE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°152°

#8eceb0 sits at 152°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red55.7%
Green80.8%
Blue69.0%
R · 0–255
142
0x8e
G · 0–255
206
0xce
B · 0–255
176
0xb0

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow14.6%
Key (black)19.2%

Total ink coverage is 65%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#8eceb0 text on a black background

contrast 11.61:1

Card sample

#8eceb0 text on a white background

contrast 1.81:1

Card sample

#8eceb0 on grey

1.65:1

#8eceb0 on its own surface

1.71:1

#8eceb0 on its dark surface

8.93:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8eceb0;
Background color
Panel with #8eceb0 background
background-color: #8eceb0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8eceb0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(142, 206, 176, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(142, 206, 176, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8eceb0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eceb0, #8EC1CE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8eceb0, #8EB1CE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8eceb0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8eceb0;
caret-color: #8eceb0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8eceb0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8eceb0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8eceb0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8eceb0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(142, 206, 176, 0.5)
rgb(142 206 176 / 50%)
#8eceb080
hsl(152 40% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8eceb0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8eceb01a#F4FAF7
20%#8eceb033#E8F5EF
40%#8eceb066#D2EBDF
60%#8eceb099#BBE2D0
80%#8eceb0cc#A5D8C0

Gradients from #8eceb0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B9E0CE, #8eceb0 45%, #275941);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8eceb0, #79AFC5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8eceb0, #CE8EAC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CEEADD 0%, #8eceb0 45%, #275941 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B4DDB1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A3D1D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #275941 0%, transparent 65%), #8eceb0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8eceb0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#8eceb0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.61:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#8eceb0, answered

What color is #8eceb0?

#8eceb0 is a light soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 5.2). It sits at 152° on the hue wheel with 40% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #8eceb0?

rgb(142, 206, 176) — 142 red, 206 green and 176 blue out of 255, or 55.7% / 80.8% / 69% by channel.

What is #8eceb0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(152, 40%, 68%) and hsv(152, 31%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8eceb0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5303 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.61:1.

Should I use black or white text on #8eceb0?

Black. It scores 11.61:1 against #8eceb0, versus 1.81:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8eceb0 accessible on a white background?

#8eceb0 on white scores 1.81:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #398461 to reach 4.5:1, or #2A6147 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8eceb0?

#CE8EAC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CE8ECC and #CE908E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8eceb0?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C6E6D7 for borders, #4B9B75 for secondary text, #923A79 as an accent and #275941 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #8ECE90 and #8ECCCE stays calm, while #CE8EAC is the loudest partner.

What is #8eceb0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 15%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #8eceb0 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8ECE98; nudged cooler, #8CD0C9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8eceb0?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 12.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8eceb0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8eceb0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8eceb0] or text-[#8eceb0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #8eceb0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(142, 206, 176, 0.5), or #8eceb080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C7E7D8; over black, #476758.

Is #8eceb0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8eceb0 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #8eceb0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B9E0CE, #8eceb0 45%, #275941). For more colour, a short hue run to #79AFC5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8eceb0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #8eceb0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.