#8AE4EA#8AE4EA

#8AE4EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.087 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE4EA
RGB	rgb(138, 228, 234)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -25.41, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 27.85, 204.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0809 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.087 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0704, 66.8267, 87.9282)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE4EA #EA908A

analogous

#8AEAC0 #8AE4EA #8AB4EA

triadic

#8AE4EA #EA8AE4 #E4EA8A

tetradic

#8AE4EA #C08AEA #EA908A #B4EA8A

square

#8AE4EA #C08AEA #EA908A #B4EA8A

split-complementary

#8AE4EA #EA8AB4 #EAC08A

monochromatic

#26C9D4 #56D8E1 #8AE4EA #BEF0F3 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8AE4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#8AE4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE4EA

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE4EA	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EEAE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 228, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.087 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ecf0',
    500: '#8ae4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae4ea;
$custom-light: #b1ecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86464,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE4EA

secondary

#C45B54

accent

#2014D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE4EA

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

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