#A4E9DC#A4E9DC

#A4E9DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.071 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E9DC
RGB	rgb(164, 233, 220)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(169, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -24.22, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 24.22, 181.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0713 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.071 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3627, 71.3347, 78.4427)
Luminance	0.7134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E9DC #E9A4B1

analogous

#A4E9B9 #A4E9DC #A4D3E9

triadic

#A4E9DC #DCA4E9 #E9DCA4

tetradic

#A4E9DC #B9A4E9 #E9A4B1 #D3E9A4

square

#A4E9DC #B9A4E9 #E9A4B1 #D3E9A4

split-complementary

#A4E9DC #E9A4D3 #E9B9A4

monochromatic

#41D1B6 #73DDC9 #A4E9DC #D5F5EF #E6F9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#A4E9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#A4E9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E9DC

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E9DC	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 233, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.071 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f0e6',
    500: '#a4e9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e9dc;
$custom-light: #c1f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88454,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E9DC

secondary

#C46D7D

accent

#1D3DC9

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E9DC

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

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