#8AE4E2#8AE4E2

#8AE4E2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.087 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE4E2
RGB	rgb(138, 228, 226)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(179, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -27.36, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 28.37, 195.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0841 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.087 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9469, 66.3773, 82.0115)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE4E2 #E48A8C

analogous

#8AE4B5 #8AE4E2 #8AB9E4

triadic

#8AE4E2 #E28AE4 #E4E28A

tetradic

#8AE4E2 #B58AE4 #E48A8C #B9E48A

square

#8AE4E2 #B58AE4 #E48A8C #B9E48A

split-complementary

#8AE4E2 #E48AB9 #E4B58A

monochromatic

#2EC6C3 #58D9D6 #8AE4E2 #BCEFEE #E6F9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#8AE4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#8AE4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE4E2

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE4E2	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 228, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.087 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eceb',
    500: '#8ae4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae4e2;
$custom-light: #b1eceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86205,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE4E2

secondary

#BD5658

accent

#1B1FCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FDFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE4E2

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

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