#8AE2ED#8AE2ED

#8AE2ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.086 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE2ED
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(187, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -23.69, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 27.35, 209.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0774 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.086 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9580, 65.9065, 90.0349)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE2ED #ED958A

analogous

#8AEDC6 #8AE2ED #8AB0ED

triadic

#8AE2ED #ED8AE2 #E2ED8A

tetradic

#8AE2ED #C68AED #ED958A #B0ED8A

square

#8AE2ED #C68AED #ED958A #B0ED8A

split-complementary

#8AE2ED #ED8AB0 #EDC68A

monochromatic

#22C6DB #55D5E5 #8AE2ED #BFEFF5 #E4F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#8AE2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#8AE2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE2ED

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE2ED	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DE9E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.086 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ebf2',
    500: '#8ae2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae2ed;
$custom-light: #b1ebf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86119,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE2ED

secondary

#C86053

accent

#2610D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE2ED

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

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