#8AECDC#8AECDC

#8AECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.096 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AECDC
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(170, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(170, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -32.58, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 32.60, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0958 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.096 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3899, 70.5575, 78.5018)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AECDC #EC8A9A

analogous

#8AECAB #8AECDC #8ACBEC

triadic

#8AECDC #DC8AEC #ECDC8A

tetradic

#8AECDC #AB8AEC #EC8A9A #CBEC8A

square

#8AECDC #AB8AEC #EC8A9A #CBEC8A

split-complementary

#8AECDC #EC8ACB #ECAB8A

monochromatic

#23D8BB #55E3CC #8AECDC #BFF5EC #E5FBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#8AECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#8AECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AECDC

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AECDC	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aecdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.096 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f2e6',
    500: '#8aecdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aecdc;
$custom-light: #b1f2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aecdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87825,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AECDC

secondary

#C75466

accent

#1131D4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AECDC

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

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