#A4E9EF#A4E9EF

#A4E9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.069 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E9EF
RGB	rgb(164, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(185, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -19.99, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 22.27, 206.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0637 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.069 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0235, 72.3990, 92.4563)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E9EF #EFAAA4

analogous

#A4EFD0 #A4E9EF #A4C4EF

triadic

#A4E9EF #EFA4E9 #E9EFA4

tetradic

#A4E9EF #D0A4EF #EFAAA4 #C4EFA4

square

#A4E9EF #D0A4EF #EFAAA4 #C4EFA4

split-complementary

#A4E9EF #EFA4C4 #EFD0A4

monochromatic

#3CD0DD #70DCE6 #A4E9EF #D8F6F8 #E5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#A4E9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#A4E9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E9EF

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E9EF	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89EEEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.069 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f0f4',
    500: '#a4e9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e9ef;
$custom-light: #c1f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89034,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E9EF

secondary

#CC736B

accent

#2313D2

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E9EF

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