#8AECD9#8AECD9

#8AECD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.097 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AECD9
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 217)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(168, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -33.26, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 33.26, 179.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0971 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.097 180)
XYZ	xyz(52.9962, 70.4000, 76.4281)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AECD9 #EC8A9D

analogous

#8AECA8 #8AECD9 #8ACEEC

triadic

#8AECD9 #D98AEC #ECD98A

tetradic

#8AECD9 #A88AEC #EC8A9D #CEEC8A

square

#8AECD9 #A88AEC #EC8A9D #CEEC8A

split-complementary

#8AECD9 #EC8ACE #ECA88A

monochromatic

#23D8B5 #55E3C8 #8AECD9 #BFF5EA #E5FBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#8AECD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#8AECD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AECD9

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AECD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AECD9	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aecd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.097 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f2e4',
    500: '#8aecd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aecd9;
$custom-light: #b1f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aecd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.367,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87737,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.70404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AECD9

secondary

#C7546A

accent

#1137D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AECD9

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

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