#8AE1EA#8AE1EA

#8AE1EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.085 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE1EA
RGB	rgb(138, 225, 234)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -23.94, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 27.07, 207.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0774 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.085 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2522, 65.1904, 87.6555)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE1EA #EA938A

analogous

#8AEAC3 #8AE1EA #8AB1EA

triadic

#8AE1EA #EA8AE1 #E1EA8A

tetradic

#8AE1EA #C38AEA #EA938A #B1EA8A

square

#8AE1EA #C38AEA #EA938A #B1EA8A

split-complementary

#8AE1EA #EA8AB1 #EAC38A

monochromatic

#26C3D4 #56D4E1 #8AE1EA #BEEEF3 #E5F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#8AE1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#8AE1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE1EA

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE1EA	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FE7E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 225, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.085 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eaf0',
    500: '#8ae1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae1ea;
$custom-light: #b1eaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85795,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE1EA

secondary

#C45F54

accent

#2614D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE1EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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