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#8fccab

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
143, 204, 171
HSL
148°, 37%, 68%
CMYK
30, 0, 16, 20
Luminance
0.5197

#8fccab is a light soft green, 148° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.39:1). As text it scores 1.84:1 on white — use #3B825B instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(148 37% 68%)rgb(143 204 171)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

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

Hex
#8fccab
Hue
148°
green
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5197
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.39:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
28.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.794
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 12.2
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue148° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

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

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% 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#8fccab
HEX (8-digit)#8fccabff
RGBrgb(143, 204, 171)
RGBArgba(143, 204, 171, 1)
HSLhsl(148, 37%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(148, 30%, 80%)
HWBhwb(148 56% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 0%, 16%, 20%)
LABlab(77.3 -26.4 10.3)
LCHlch(77.3 28.4 158.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.794 0.078 160.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.27, 51.96, 46.43)
Decimal9424043
Display P3color(display-p3 0.561 0.800 0.671)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8fccab;
background-color: #8fccab;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8fccab;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8fccab] bg-[#8fccab]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8fccab;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.561, green: 0.800, blue: 0.671)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.561, green: 0.800, blue: 0.671, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8FCCAB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8FCCAB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8FCCAB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(171, 204, 143)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(143, 204, 171)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(143, 204, 171)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 143, 204, 171)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5608f, 0.8000f, 0.6706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{143,204,171}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8fccab 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8fccab 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#28583E, #D5ECDF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8fccab 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: #EBF4EF;
  --brand-200: #D3E9DD;
  --brand-300: #B2DCC5;
  --brand-400: #8fccab;
  --brand-500: #65B98B;
  --brand-600: #4DA877;
  --brand-700: #408C63;
  --brand-800: #33704F;
  --brand-900: #28523B;
  --brand-950: #193325;
  --brand: #8fccab;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C7E5D5;
  --brand-hover: #76C198;
  --brand-pressed: #5EB686;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D5ECDF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF4EF',
        200: '#D3E9DD',
        300: '#B2DCC5',
        400: '#8fccab',
        500: '#65B98B',
        600: '#4DA877',
        700: '#408C63',
        800: '#33704F',
        900: '#28523B',
        950: '#193325',
        DEFAULT: '#8fccab',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF4EF,
  '200': #D3E9DD,
  '300': #B2DCC5,
  '400': #8fccab,
  '500': #65B98B,
  '600': #4DA877,
  '700': #408C63,
  '800': #33704F,
  '900': #28523B,
  '950': #193325,
);
$brand-base: #8fccab;
$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": "#EBF4EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E9DD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B2DCC5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8fccab", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#65B98B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4DA877", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#408C63", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#33704F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#28523B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#193325", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #8fccab · 11.39:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.84:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.39:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8fccab as text scores 1.84:1 on white and 11.39:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #28583E at 4.46:1.

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
#3B825B · 4.64:1
AA on white−31% L
#3B825B
The quick fox
#2D6245 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−40% L
#2D6245
The quick fox
#8fccab · 11.39:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8fccab
The quick fox
#8fccab · 11.39:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8fccab

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4BA574 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
#8fccab on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8fccab on black: 11.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.84:1AaAa
Slate 501.76:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.50:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.58:1AaAa
Slate 6004.11:1AaAa
Slate 7005.62:1AaAa
Slate 8007.94:1AaAa
Slate 9009.69:1AaAa
Black11.39:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CBC3A9
deuteranopia · #C0BCAD
tritanopia · #83CCC2

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. #8fccab 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
#EBF4EF
#D3E9DD
#B2DCC5
#8fccab
#65B98B
#4DA877
#408C63
#33704F
#28523B
#193325
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #193325Text 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 0.020 160.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 160.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 160.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 160.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.072 160.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.078 160.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.078 160.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 160.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.066 160.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 160.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 160.3);
}

Colors that work with #8fccab

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C7E5D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6F
Captions on the surface
Accent#903C7E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#28583E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#76C198
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5EB686
Two steps down
Disabled#E0EBE5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#96D9B5
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 #8fccab

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 #28583E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4BA574

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#CC8FB0
Analogous left#91CC8F
Analogous right#8FCCC9
Split-complement 1#C98FCC
Split-complement 2#CC8F91
Triadic 1#AB8FCC
Triadic 2#CCAB8F
Tetradic#8F91CC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°148°

#8fccab sits at 148°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red56.1%
Green80.0%
Blue67.1%
R · 0–255
143
0x8f
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
171
0xab

CMYK percentages

Cyan29.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.2%
Key (black)20.0%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#8fccab text on a black background

contrast 11.39:1

Card sample

#8fccab text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

#8fccab on grey

1.68:1

#8fccab on its own surface

1.74:1

#8fccab on its dark surface

8.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(143, 204, 171, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(143, 204, 171, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8fccab;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fccab, #8FC4CC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8fccab, #8FB5CC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8fccab;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8fccab;
caret-color: #8fccab;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8fccab;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8fccab;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8fccab 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8fccab 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(143, 204, 171, 0.5)
rgb(143 204 171 / 50%)
#8fccab80
hsl(148 37% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8fccab 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8fccab1a#F4FAF7
20%#8fccab33#E9F5EE
40%#8fccab66#D2EBDD
60%#8fccab99#BCE0CD
80%#8fccabcc#A5D6BC

Gradients from #8fccab

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, #B9DFCA, #8fccab 45%, #28583E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8fccab, #7AB3C2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8fccab, #CC8FB0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CEE9DA 0%, #8fccab 45%, #28583E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B7DCB2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A4D3D5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #28583E 0%, transparent 65%), #8fccab;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8fccab

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.

#8fccab 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 11.39:1.

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.

#8fccab, answered

What color is #8fccab?

#8fccab is a light soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 148° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #8fccab?

rgb(143, 204, 171) — 143 red, 204 green and 171 blue out of 255, or 56.1% / 80% / 67.1% by channel.

What is #8fccab in HSL and HSV?

hsl(148, 37%, 68%) and hsv(148, 30%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8fccab a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5197 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 11.39:1.

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

Black. It scores 11.39:1 against #8fccab, versus 1.84:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8fccab accessible on a white background?

#8fccab on white scores 1.84:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3B825B to reach 4.5:1, or #2D6245 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8fccab?

#CC8FB0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C98FCC and #CC8F91, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8fccab?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C7E5D5 for borders, #4B9B6F for secondary text, #903C7E as an accent and #28583E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #91CC8F and #8FCCC9 stays calm, while #CC8FB0 is the loudest partner.

What is #8fccab in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(30%, 0%, 16%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #8fccab warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8FCC94; nudged cooler, #8DCEC2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8fccab?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 12.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8fccab as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8fccab in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8fccab] or text-[#8fccab], 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 #8fccab with 50% opacity?

rgba(143, 204, 171, 0.5), or #8fccab80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C7E6D5; over black, #486656.

Is #8fccab a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8fccab 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 #8fccab?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B9DFCA, #8fccab 45%, #28583E). For more colour, a short hue run to #7AB3C2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8fccab in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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