#8AEDEA#8AEDEA

#8AEDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.094 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEDEA
RGB	rgb(138, 237, 234)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(178, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -29.76, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 30.73, 194.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0912 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.094 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6110, 71.9079, 88.7751)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEDEA #ED8A8D

analogous

#8AEDB8 #8AEDEA #8ABEED

triadic

#8AEDEA #EA8AED #EDEA8A

tetradic

#8AEDEA #B88AED #ED8A8D #BEED8A

square

#8AEDEA #B88AED #ED8A8D #BEED8A

split-complementary

#8AEDEA #ED8ABE #EDB88A

monochromatic

#22DBD5 #55E5E0 #8AEDEA #BFF5F4 #E4FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#8AEDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#8AEDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEDEA

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEDEA	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aedea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 237, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.094 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f3f0',
    500: '#8aedea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aedea;
$custom-light: #b1f3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aedea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88476,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEDEA

secondary

#C85357

accent

#1016D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEDEA

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

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