HEX atlas value

#8DC889

#8DC889 is a cool green HEX color nearest Dark Sea Green. RGB 141, 200, 137, HSL 116° 36% 66%, luminance 0.4878; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone

#8DC889 Sample readable text

HEX #8DC889

RGB rgb(141, 200, 137)

HSL hsl(116 36% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(29, 0, 32, 22)

Luminance 0.4878

Contrast Black 10.76:1White 1.95:1

CSS

--color-8dc889: #8DC889;
.background-8dc889 { background-color: #8DC889; }
.text-8dc889 { color: #8DC889; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8DC889

#8DC889 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone visual character. #8DC889 is visually closest to Dark Sea Green, a named green color with HEX #8FBC8F.

The RGB channels are 141, 200, and 137, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 116deg with 36% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.4878, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.56, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.76:1AA Pass

White text1.95:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8DC889 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.76:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.95:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C9E5C8#C9E5C8 · #000000 text · best 15.53:1 #7DDB76#7DDB76 · #000000 text · best 12.27:1 #ACC889#ACC889 · #000000 text · best 11.38:1 #89C8A4#89C8A4 · #000000 text · best 10.86:1 Lichen#9BC4A2 · #000000 text · best 10.81:1

Generated Palette

#8DC889#8DC889

#C389C8#C389C8

#ACC889#ACC889

#89C8A4#89C8A4

#C9E5C8#C9E5C8

#54A64E#54A64E

Color Harmonies

#C389C8#C389C8

#ACC889#ACC889

#89C8A4#89C8A4

#898DC8#898DC8

#C8898D#C8898D

Variants

#C9E5C8#C9E5C8

#54A64E#54A64E

#7DDB76#7DDB76

#9EB49C#9EB49C

#E4EDE3#E4EDE3

#83FF7A#83FF7A

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Pistachio#93C572

Lichen#9BC4A2

Sage Green#9CAF88

Willow Green#A8B88F

Luminance0.4878

Black text10.76:1AA Pass

White text1.95:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8DC889","rgb":[141,200,137],"hsl":[116,36,66],"cmyk":[29,0,32,22],"luminance":0.4878,"contrast":{"black":10.76,"white":1.95}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.76,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.95,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C9E5C8","hex":"#C9E5C8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.53,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#7DDB76","hex":"#7DDB76","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.27,"contrastWhite":1.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ACC889","hex":"#ACC889","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.38,"contrastWhite":1.85,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#89C8A4","hex":"#89C8A4","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.86,"contrastWhite":1.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.81,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","earth tone green","Dark Sea Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8dc889.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pistachio.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lichen.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C389C8","analogous":["#ACC889","#89C8A4"],"triadic":["#898DC8","#C8898D"],"tetradic":["#89ACC8","#C389C8","#C8A489"],"splitComplementary":["#A489C8","#C889AC"],"monochromatic":["#C9E5C8","#8DC889","#54A64E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C9E5C8","dark":"#54A64E","saturated":"#7DDB76","desaturated":"#9EB49C","pastel":"#E4EDE3","neon":"#83FF7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":13.564659966250536},{"slug":"pistachio","name":"Pistachio","hex":"#93C572","distance":23.958297101421877},{"slug":"lichen","name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","distance":28.930952282978865},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":29.171904291629644},{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":31.953090617340916}]

#8DC889

CSS

About #8DC889

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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