#8AE4E6#8AE4E6

#8AE4E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.086 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE4E6
RGB	rgb(138, 228, 230)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(181, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -26.39, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 28.03, 199.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0825 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.086 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5022, 66.5994, 84.9359)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE4E6 #E68C8A

analogous

#8AE6BA #8AE4E6 #8AB6E6

triadic

#8AE4E6 #E68AE4 #E4E68A

tetradic

#8AE4E6 #BA8AE6 #E68C8A #B6E68A

square

#8AE4E6 #BA8AE6 #E68C8A #B6E68A

split-complementary

#8AE4E6 #E68AB6 #E6BA8A

monochromatic

#2BC7CA #58D8DB #8AE4E6 #BCF0F1 #E6F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#8AE4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#8AE4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE4E6

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE4E6	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 228, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.086 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eced',
    500: '#8ae4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae4e6;
$custom-light: #b1eced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86333,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE4E6

secondary

#BF5755

accent

#1D19CD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FDFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE4E6

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

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