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#8cb299 color: Holly Fern

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141°
100%

OKLCH

72.9%
0.055
156°
  • ≈ Sage
  • Emerald
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • olive-400
  • Black 30%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.35:1 · Below AALc -51
Black text8.94:1 · AALc 58

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About #8cb299

#8cb299 is a dusty light emerald color. In OKLCH it has 72.9% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 156°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.35:1 contrast and black text 8.94:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Holly Fern (#8cb299). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is olive-400.

More light emerald colors

Lighter: #8cb299 mixed with white

  1. 8cb299
  2. 97baa3
  3. a3c1ad
  4. aec9b7
  5. b9d0c1
  6. c5d8cb
  7. d0e0d5
  8. dce8e0
  9. e8efea
  10. f3f7f4

Darker: #8cb299 mixed with black

  1. 8cb299
  2. 799a84
  3. 678370
  4. 556d5d
  5. 43574a
  6. 334338
  7. 232f27
  8. 141d17
  9. 070c08
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8cb299 with less saturation

  1. 8cb299
  2. 8fb19a
  3. 92b09c
  4. 95af9d
  5. 97ae9f
  6. 9aada0
  7. 9daca2
  8. 9faaa3
  9. a2a9a4
  10. a5a8a6