HEX atlas value

#8FBC8F

#8FBC8F is a cool green HEX color nearest Dark Sea Green. RGB 143, 188, 143, HSL 120° 25% 65%, luminance 0.4379; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted earth-tone

#8FBC8F Sample readable text

HEX #8FBC8F

RGB rgb(143, 188, 143)

HSL hsl(120 25% 65%)

CMYK cmyk(24, 0, 24, 26)

Luminance 0.4379

Contrast Black 9.76:1White 2.15:1

CSS

--color-8fbc8f: #8FBC8F;
.background-8fbc8f { background-color: #8FBC8F; }
.text-8fbc8f { color: #8FBC8F; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8FBC8F

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

The RGB channels are 143, 188, and 143, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 25% saturation and 65% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4379, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.76:1AA Pass

White text2.15:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8FBC8F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.76:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.15:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C9DEC9#C9DEC9 · #000000 text · best 14.78:1 #7CD07C#7CD07C · #000000 text · best 11.17:1 Lichen#9BC4A2 · #000000 text · best 10.81:1 #A6BC8F#A6BC8F · #000000 text · best 10.21:1 Laurel Green#A9BA9D · #000000 text · best 10.2:1

Generated Palette

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

#BC8FBC#BC8FBC

#A6BC8F#A6BC8F

#8FBCA6#8FBCA6

#C9DEC9#C9DEC9

#5A965A#5A965A

Color Harmonies

#BC8FBC#BC8FBC

#A6BC8F#A6BC8F

#8FBCA6#8FBCA6

#8F8FBC#8F8FBC

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Variants

#C9DEC9#C9DEC9

#5A965A#5A965A

#7CD07C#7CD07C

#A3A8A3#A3A8A3

#E3E8E3#E3E8E3

#75FF75#75FF75

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Sage Green#9CAF88

Lichen#9BC4A2

Willow Green#A8B88F

Laurel Green#A9BA9D

Luminance0.4379

Black text9.76:1AA Pass

White text2.15:1AA 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":"#8FBC8F","rgb":[143,188,143],"hsl":[120,25,65],"cmyk":[24,0,24,26],"luminance":0.4379,"contrast":{"black":9.76,"white":2.15}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.76,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.15,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C9DEC9","hex":"#C9DEC9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.78,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#7CD07C","hex":"#7CD07C","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.17,"contrastWhite":1.88,"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"]},{"name":"#A6BC8F","hex":"#A6BC8F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.21,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.2,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","earth tone","muted green","earth tone green","Dark Sea Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8fbc8f.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lichen.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BC8FBC","analogous":["#A6BC8F","#8FBCA6"],"triadic":["#8F8FBC","#BC8F8F"],"tetradic":["#8FA6BC","#BC8FBC","#BCA68F"],"splitComplementary":["#A68FBC","#BC8FA6"],"monochromatic":["#C9DEC9","#8FBC8F","#5A965A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C9DEC9","dark":"#5A965A","saturated":"#7CD07C","desaturated":"#A3A8A3","pastel":"#E3E8E3","neon":"#75FF75"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":0},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":19.672315572906},{"slug":"lichen","name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","distance":23.853720883753127},{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":25.317977802344327},{"slug":"laurel-green","name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","distance":29.597297173897484}]

#8FBC8F

CSS

About #8FBC8F

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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