#A4E8D9#A4E8D9

#A4E8D9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.071 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E8D9
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 217)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(167, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -24.37, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 24.38, 178.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0713 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.071 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6867, 70.6126, 76.2749)
Luminance	0.7062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E8D9 #E8A4B3

analogous

#A4E8B7 #A4E8D9 #A4D5E8

triadic

#A4E8D9 #D9A4E8 #E8D9A4

tetradic

#A4E8D9 #B7A4E8 #E8A4B3 #D5E8A4

square

#A4E8D9 #B7A4E8 #E8A4B3 #D5E8A4

split-complementary

#A4E8D9 #E8A4D5 #E8B7A4

monochromatic

#42CFB0 #73DCC5 #A4E8D9 #D5F4ED #E7F9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#A4E8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#A4E8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E8D9

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E8D9	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.071 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1efe4',
    500: '#a4e8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e8d9;
$custom-light: #c1efe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88148,
    "c": 0.07133,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E8D9

secondary

#C36D80

accent

#1E43C7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121615

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E8D9

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

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