#8AE5EA#8AE5EA

#8AE5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.087 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE5EA
RGB	rgb(138, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(183, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -25.90, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 28.13, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.082 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.087 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3462, 67.3785, 88.0202)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE5EA #EA8F8A

analogous

#8AEABF #8AE5EA #8AB5EA

triadic

#8AE5EA #EA8AE5 #E5EA8A

tetradic

#8AE5EA #BF8AEA #EA8F8A #B5EA8A

square

#8AE5EA #BF8AEA #EA8F8A #B5EA8A

split-complementary

#8AE5EA #EA8AB5 #EABF8A

monochromatic

#26CBD4 #56D9E1 #8AE5EA #BEF1F3 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#8AE5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#8AE5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE5EA

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE5EA	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EEBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.087 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1edf0',
    500: '#8ae5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae5ea;
$custom-light: #b1edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.125,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86687,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE5EA

secondary

#C45A54

accent

#1E14D2

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE5EA

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

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