#A4E9EC#A4E9EC

#A4E9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.069 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E9EC
RGB	rgb(164, 233, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(183, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -20.68, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 22.30, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0649 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.069 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.5840, 72.2232, 90.1415)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E9EC #ECA7A4

analogous

#A4ECCB #A4E9EC #A4C5EC

triadic

#A4E9EC #ECA4E9 #E9ECA4

tetradic

#A4E9EC #CBA4EC #ECA7A4 #C5ECA4

square

#A4E9EC #CBA4EC #ECA7A4 #C5ECA4

split-complementary

#A4E9EC #ECA4C5 #ECCBA4

monochromatic

#3FD1D7 #71DDE1 #A4E9EC #D7F5F7 #E6F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#A4E9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#A4E9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E9EC

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E9EC	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AEEEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 233, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.069 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f0f2',
    500: '#a4e9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e9ec;
$custom-light: #c1f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88938,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E9EC

secondary

#C8706C

accent

#2018CD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E9EC

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

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