#8AECD8#8AECD8

#8AECD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.098 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AECD8
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(168, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -33.49, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 33.50, 178.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0975 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.098 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8665, 70.3482, 75.7452)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AECD8 #EC8A9E

analogous

#8AECA7 #8AECD8 #8ACFEC

triadic

#8AECD8 #D88AEC #ECD88A

tetradic

#8AECD8 #A78AEC #EC8A9E #CFEC8A

square

#8AECD8 #A78AEC #EC8A9E #CFEC8A

split-complementary

#8AECD8 #EC8ACF #ECA78A

monochromatic

#23D8B3 #55E3C6 #8AECD8 #BFF5EA #E5FBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#8AECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#8AECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AECD8

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AECD8	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.098 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f2e4',
    500: '#8aecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aecd8;
$custom-light: #b1f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87709,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AECD8

secondary

#C7546B

accent

#1139D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AECD8

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

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