#8AE4E5#8AE4E5

#8AE4E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.086 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE4E5
RGB	rgb(138, 228, 229)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -26.63, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 28.10, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0829 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.086 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3622, 66.5434, 84.1985)
Luminance	0.6655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE4E5 #E58B8A

analogous

#8AE5B9 #8AE4E5 #8AB7E5

triadic

#8AE4E5 #E58AE4 #E4E58A

tetradic

#8AE4E5 #B98AE5 #E58B8A #B7E58A

square

#8AE4E5 #B98AE5 #E58B8A #B7E58A

split-complementary

#8AE4E5 #E58AB7 #E5B98A

monochromatic

#2CC6C8 #58D8DA #8AE4E5 #BCF0F0 #E6F9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#8AE4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#8AE4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE4E5

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE4E5	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61E9E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 228, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.086 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eced',
    500: '#8ae4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae4e5;
$custom-light: #b1eced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86301,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE4E5

secondary

#BE5655

accent

#1C1ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FDFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE4E5

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

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