#8AEDEC#8AEDEC

#8AEDEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.093 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEDEC
RGB	rgb(138, 237, 236)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -29.27, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 30.52, 196.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0904 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.093 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8999, 72.0235, 90.2968)
Luminance	0.7203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEDEC #ED8A8B

analogous

#8AEDBA #8AEDEC #8ABCED

triadic

#8AEDEC #EC8AED #EDEC8A

tetradic

#8AEDEC #BA8AED #ED8A8B #BCED8A

square

#8AEDEC #BA8AED #ED8A8B #BCED8A

split-complementary

#8AEDEC #ED8ABC #EDBA8A

monochromatic

#22DBD9 #55E5E3 #8AEDEC #BFF5F5 #E4FBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#8AEDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#8AEDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEDEC

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEDEC	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BF3EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aedec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 237, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.093 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f3f2',
    500: '#8aedec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aedec;
$custom-light: #b2f3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aedec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.394,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88539,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEDEC

secondary

#C85355

accent

#1012D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEDEC

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

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