#8AECDD#8AECDD

#8AECDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.096 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AECDD
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 221)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(171, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -32.35, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 32.40, 183.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0954 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.096 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5227, 70.6107, 79.2014)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AECDD #EC8A99

analogous

#8AECAC #8AECDD #8ACAEC

triadic

#8AECDD #DD8AEC #ECDD8A

tetradic

#8AECDD #AC8AEC #EC8A99 #CAEC8A

square

#8AECDD #AC8AEC #EC8A99 #CAEC8A

split-complementary

#8AECDD #EC8ACA #ECAC8A

monochromatic

#23D8BD #55E3CE #8AECDD #BFF5EC #E5FBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#8AECDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#8AECDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AECDD

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AECDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AECDD	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63F0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aecdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.096 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f2e7',
    500: '#8aecdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aecdd;
$custom-light: #b1f2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aecdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.816,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87854,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AECDD

secondary

#C75465

accent

#112FD4

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AECDD

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

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