#8AEDEB#8AEDEB

#8AEDEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.094 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEDEB
RGB	rgb(138, 237, 235)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -29.51, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 30.62, 195.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0908 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.094 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7550, 71.9655, 89.5338)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEDEB #ED8A8C

analogous

#8AEDB9 #8AEDEB #8ABDED

triadic

#8AEDEB #EB8AED #EDEB8A

tetradic

#8AEDEB #B98AED #ED8A8C #BDED8A

square

#8AEDEB #B98AED #ED8A8C #BDED8A

split-complementary

#8AEDEB #ED8ABD #EDB98A

monochromatic

#22DBD7 #55E5E2 #8AEDEB #BFF5F4 #E4FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#8AEDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#8AEDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEDEB

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEDEB	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aedeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 237, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.094 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1f3f1',
    500: '#8aedeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aedeb;
$custom-light: #b1f3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aedeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.788,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88507,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEDEB

secondary

#C85356

accent

#1014D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEDEB

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

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