#8AEDD6#8AEDD6

#8AEDD6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.100 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEDD6
RGB	rgb(138, 237, 214)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(166, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -34.40, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 34.47, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0995 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.1 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8982, 70.8228, 74.4880)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEDD6 #ED8AA1

analogous

#8AEDA4 #8AEDD6 #8AD2ED

triadic

#8AEDD6 #D68AED #EDD68A

tetradic

#8AEDD6 #A48AED #ED8AA1 #D2ED8A

square

#8AEDD6 #A48AED #ED8AA1 #D2ED8A

split-complementary

#8AEDD6 #ED8AD2 #EDA48A

monochromatic

#22DBB0 #55E5C3 #8AEDD6 #BFF5E9 #E4FBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#8AEDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#8AEDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEDD6

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEDD6	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6E2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66F0E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aedd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 237, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.100 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f3e2',
    500: '#8aedd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aedd6;
$custom-light: #b1f3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aedd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.061,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87879,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEDD6

secondary

#C8536E

accent

#103ED5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEDD6

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

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