#A4E8DC#A4E8DC

#A4E8DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.070 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E8DC
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 220)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(169, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -23.73, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 23.75, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0701 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.07 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0804, 70.7701, 78.3486)
Luminance	0.7077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E8DC #E8A4B0

analogous

#A4E8BA #A4E8DC #A4D2E8

triadic

#A4E8DC #DCA4E8 #E8DCA4

tetradic

#A4E8DC #BAA4E8 #E8A4B0 #D2E8A4

square

#A4E8DC #BAA4E8 #E8A4B0 #D2E8A4

split-complementary

#A4E8DC #E8A4D2 #E8BAA4

monochromatic

#42CFB6 #73DCC9 #A4E8DC #D5F4EF #E7F9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#A4E8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#A4E8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E8DC

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E8DC	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5D7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FEBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.070 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1efe6',
    500: '#a4e8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e8dc;
$custom-light: #c1efe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88235,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E8DC

secondary

#C36D7C

accent

#1E3CC7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E8DC

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

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