#8DCAAC

Closest named color: Pale Teal (#82CBB2). oklch(78.9% 0.076 162.7), rgb(141, 202, 172).

Black text reads best on this color (11.17:1).

About this color

#8DCAAC is a light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.076 and its hue 163°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Pale Teal (#82CBB2), ΔE 0.012 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.17:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	light (79%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.076)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Pale Teal (#82CBB2)
Black text	11.17:1
White text	1.87:1

Values

HEX	#8DCAAC
RGB	rgb(141, 202, 172)
HSL	hsl(150, 37%, 67%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.076 162.7)

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 #8DCAAC	1.87:1	Fails	Lc -39.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #8DCAAC	11.17:1	AAA	Lc 68.3	Content text, not long reading
#8DCAAC text on white	1.87:1	Fails	Lc 35.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8DCAAC text on black	11.17:1	AAA	Lc -67.0	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

#F0F8F3

oklch(97.2% 0.011 158.8)
Step 100
100

#DEEFE6

oklch(93.7% 0.022 163)
Step 200
200

#C1E2D1

oklch(88.4% 0.042 163.1)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#8DCAAC

oklch(78.9% 0.076 162.7)
Step 400
400

#4BB88A

oklch(70.7% 0.122 162.6)
Step 500
500

#00A271

oklch(63% 0.136 163)
Step 600
600

#00895E

oklch(55.7% 0.121 162.5)
Step 700
700

#00734E

oklch(49.1% 0.107 162.4)
Step 800
800

#005E40

oklch(42.6% 0.092 163.1)
Step 900
900

#004F34

oklch(37.8% 0.083 162.1)
Step 950
950

#002F1E

oklch(27% 0.058 163)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8DCAAC 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)	#C8C1AA	0.075
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BEBAAE	0.072
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#80CAC1	0.031
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BDBDBD	0.077