#A4E8E2#A4E8E2

#A4E8E2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.069 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E8E2
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 226)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(175, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -22.42, -3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 22.76, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0677 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.069 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8893, 71.0937, 82.6089)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E8E2 #E8A4AA

analogous

#A4E8C0 #A4E8E2 #A4CCE8

triadic

#A4E8E2 #E2A4E8 #E8E2A4

tetradic

#A4E8E2 #C0A4E8 #E8A4AA #CCE8A4

square

#A4E8E2 #C0A4E8 #E8A4AA #CCE8A4

split-complementary

#A4E8E2 #E8A4CC #E8C0A4

monochromatic

#42CFC3 #73DCD2 #A4E8E2 #D5F4F2 #E7F9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#A4E8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#A4E8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E8E2

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E8E2	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DEBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.069 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1efeb',
    500: '#a4e8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e8e2;
$custom-light: #c1efeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88412,
    "c": 0.06852,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E8E2

secondary

#C36D75

accent

#1E2DC7

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFD

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E8E2

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

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