#8DC49D

Closest named color: Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F). oklch(77.1% 0.08 153.4), rgb(141, 196, 157).

Black text reads best on this color (10.51:1).

About this color

#8DC49D is a medium-light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 77%, its chroma 0.080 and its hue 153°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F), ΔE 0.024 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.51:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-light (77%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.080)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F)
Black text	10.51:1
White text	1.99:1

Values

HEX	#8DC49D
RGB	rgb(141, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(137, 32%, 66%)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.08 153.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8DC49D	1.99:1	Fails	Lc -43.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #8DC49D	10.51:1	AAA	Lc 65.3	Content text, not long reading
#8DC49D text on white	1.99:1	Fails	Lc 38.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8DC49D text on black	10.51:1	AAA	Lc -63.8	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F0F8F2

oklch(97.1% 0.012 153.7)
Step 100
100

#DFEFE3

oklch(93.7% 0.023 153.4)
Step 200
200

#C4E2CC

oklch(88.5% 0.044 153.6)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#8DC49D

oklch(77.1% 0.08 153.4)
Step 400
400

#59B77A

oklch(70.6% 0.127 153.3)
Step 500
500

#00A458

oklch(63% 0.161 153.3)
Step 600
600

#008A49

oklch(55.5% 0.142 153.3)
Step 700
700

#00743D

oklch(49% 0.125 153.5)
Step 800
800

#005F31

oklch(42.6% 0.108 153.6)
Step 900
900

#005028

oklch(37.8% 0.097 153.4)
Step 950
950

#012F16

oklch(26.8% 0.067 153.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8DC49D with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C4BB9B	0.072
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BBB59F	0.069
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#84C3B9	0.040
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B7B7B7	0.080