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#8CA699

#8ca699 ≈ Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#8ca699 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.1% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.83% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 150°, with 12.75% saturation and 60% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 8.66.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3515

Complementary

  1. #8ca699
  2. #a68c99

Split complementary

  1. #8ca699
  2. #a68ca6
  3. #a68c8c

Analogous

  1. #8ca68c
  2. #8ca699
  3. #8ca6a6

Triadic

  1. #8ca699
  2. #998ca6
  3. #a6998c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca699
  2. #8c99a6
  3. #a68c99
  4. #a6998c

Square

  1. #8ca699
  2. #8c8ca6
  3. #a68c99
  4. #a6a68c

Monochromatic

  1. #43564d
  2. #648173
  3. #8ca699
  4. #b7c7bf
  5. #e2e9e6

Shades

#8ca699 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca699
  2. #7e958a
  3. #70857a
  4. #62746b
  5. #54645c
  6. #46534d
  7. #38423d
  8. #2a322e
  9. #1c211f
  10. #0e110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca699 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca699
  2. #98afa3
  3. #a3b8ad
  4. #afc1b8
  5. #bacac2
  6. #c6d3cc
  7. #d1dbd6
  8. #dde4e0
  9. #e8edeb
  10. #f4f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca699 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca699
  2. #8ba297
  3. #8a9e94
  4. #889b92
  5. #87978f
  6. #86938d
  7. #858f8a
  8. #848b88
  9. #828885
  10. #818483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98a29d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a298 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a09f9a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87a6a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca499 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a299 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89a69f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca699 {
  color: #8ca699;
}
Background
.bg-8ca699 {
  background-color: #8ca699;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca699 {
  border: 2px solid #8ca699;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca699;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 166 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 150 13% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca699 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca699, #8ca6a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca699 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 166 153 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.66 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.40 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.58 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.61 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 11.45 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 13.02 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 13.02 #735966 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Opal
#8ca699  rgb(140, 166, 153)  hsl(150, 13%, 60%)  Opal
#a68c99  rgb(166, 140, 153)  hsl(330, 13%, 60%)  Rose Quartz
#998ca6  rgb(153, 140, 166)  hsl(270, 13%, 60%)  Rose Quartz
#a6998c  rgb(166, 153, 140)  hsl(30, 13%, 60%)  Dark Gray