#A4E8ED#A4E8ED

#A4E8ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.068 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E8ED
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 237)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(184, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -19.96, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 21.99, 204.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0633 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.068 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4474, 71.7169, 90.8147)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E8ED #EDA9A4

analogous

#A4EDCD #A4E8ED #A4C3ED

triadic

#A4E8ED #EDA4E8 #E8EDA4

tetradic

#A4E8ED #CDA4ED #EDA9A4 #C3EDA4

square

#A4E8ED #CDA4ED #EDA9A4 #C3EDA4

split-complementary

#A4E8ED #EDA4C3 #EDCDA4

monochromatic

#3ECED9 #71DBE3 #A4E8ED #D7F5F7 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#A4E8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#A4E8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E8ED

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E8ED	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AEDE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.068 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1eff2',
    500: '#a4e8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e8ed;
$custom-light: #c1eff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.11,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88753,
    "c": 0.06816,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E8ED

secondary

#CA726C

accent

#2317CF

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E8ED

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

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