#A4E8EC#A4E8EC

#A4E8EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.068 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E8EC
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(183, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -20.18, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 22.00, 203.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0637 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.068 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.3017, 71.6586, 90.0474)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E8EC #ECA8A4

analogous

#A4ECCC #A4E8EC #A4C4EC

triadic

#A4E8EC #ECA4E8 #E8ECA4

tetradic

#A4E8EC #CCA4EC #ECA8A4 #C4ECA4

square

#A4E8EC #CCA4EC #ECA8A4 #C4ECA4

split-complementary

#A4E8EC #ECA4C4 #ECCCA4

monochromatic

#3FCED7 #71DBE1 #A4E8EC #D7F5F7 #E6F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#A4E8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#A4E8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E8EC

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E8EC	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AEDE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.068 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1eff2',
    500: '#a4e8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e8ec;
$custom-light: #c1eff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88721,
    "c": 0.06805,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E8EC

secondary

#C8716C

accent

#2218CD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E8EC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →