#9AE4EA#9AE4EA

#9AE4EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.074 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE4EA
RGB	rgb(154, 228, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(185, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -21.36, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 23.68, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0681 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.074 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9159, 68.2939, 88.0616)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE4EA #EAA09A

analogous

#9AEAC8 #9AE4EA #9ABCEA

triadic

#9AE4EA #EA9AE4 #E4EA9A

tetradic

#9AE4EA #C89AEA #EAA09A #BCEA9A

square

#9AE4EA #C89AEA #EAA09A #BCEA9A

split-complementary

#9AE4EA #EA9ABC #EAC89A

monochromatic

#35C9D5 #67D6DF #9AE4EA #CDF2F5 #E6F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9AE4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#9AE4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE4EA

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE4EA	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BE9E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 228, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.074 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbecf0',
    500: '#9ae4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae4ea;
$custom-light: #bbecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87252,
    "c": 0.07361,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE4EA

secondary

#C56A63

accent

#2618CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE4EA

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

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