#8AECED#8AECED

#8AECED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.093 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AECED
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 237)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -28.55, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 30.10, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0888 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.093 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7569, 71.5043, 90.9679)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AECED #ED8B8A

analogous

#8AEDBC #8AECED #8ABAED

triadic

#8AECED #ED8AEC #ECED8A

tetradic

#8AECED #BC8AED #ED8B8A #BAED8A

square

#8AECED #BC8AED #ED8B8A #BAED8A

split-complementary

#8AECED #ED8ABA #EDBC8A

monochromatic

#22D9DB #55E3E5 #8AECED #BFF5F5 #E4FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8AECED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#8AECED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AECED

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AECED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AECED	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aeced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.093 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f2f2',
    500: '#8aeced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aeced;
$custom-light: #b2f2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aeced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.606,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88347,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AECED

secondary

#C85553

accent

#1210D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111717

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AECED

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

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