#8AE5EF#8AE5EF

#8AE5EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.088 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE5EF
RGB	rgb(138, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(186, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -24.66, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 28.06, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0801 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.088 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0747, 67.6698, 91.8567)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE5EF #EF948A

analogous

#8AEFC7 #8AE5EF #8AB3EF

triadic

#8AE5EF #EF8AE5 #E5EF8A

tetradic

#8AE5EF #C78AEF #EF948A #B3EF8A

square

#8AE5EF #C78AEF #EF948A #B3EF8A

split-complementary

#8AE5EF #EF8AB3 #EFC78A

monochromatic

#1FCDE0 #54D9E8 #8AE5EF #C0F1F6 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#8AE5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#8AE5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE5EF

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE5EF	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BECE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.088 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1edf4',
    500: '#8ae5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae5ef;
$custom-light: #b1edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86852,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE5EF

secondary

#CA5F53

accent

#210DD8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE5EF

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

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