#8AEBEC#8AEBEC

#8AEBEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.092 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEBEC
RGB	rgb(138, 235, 236)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -28.31, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 29.85, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0881 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.092 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3241, 70.8718, 90.1049)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEBEC #EC8B8A

analogous

#8AECBC #8AEBEC #8ABAEC

triadic

#8AEBEC #EC8AEB #EBEC8A

tetradic

#8AEBEC #BC8AEC #EC8B8A #BAEC8A

square

#8AEBEC #BC8AEC #EC8B8A #BAEC8A

split-complementary

#8AEBEC #EC8ABA #ECBC8A

monochromatic

#23D7D8 #55E2E3 #8AEBEC #BFF4F5 #E5FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#8AEBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#8AEBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEBEC

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEBEC	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BF1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aebec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 235, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.092 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f1f2',
    500: '#8aebec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aebec;
$custom-light: #b1f1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aebec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.612,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88091,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEBEC

secondary

#C75554

accent

#1311D4

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEBEC

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

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