#A4EAE8#A4EAE8

#A4EAE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.070 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4EAE8
RGB	rgb(164, 234, 232)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(178, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -22.07, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 22.88, 195.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0677 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.07 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.2932, 72.5611, 87.2097)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4EAE8 #EAA4A6

analogous

#A4EAC5 #A4EAE8 #A4C9EA

triadic

#A4EAE8 #E8A4EA #EAE8A4

tetradic

#A4EAE8 #C5A4EA #EAA4A6 #C9EAA4

square

#A4EAE8 #C5A4EA #EAA4A6 #C9EAA4

split-complementary

#A4EAE8 #EAA4C9 #EAC5A4

monochromatic

#41D3CF #72DFDB #A4EAE8 #D6F5F5 #E6F9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#A4EAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#A4EAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4EAE8

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4EAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4EAE8	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BEEE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4eae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 234, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.070 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f1ef',
    500: '#a4eae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4eae8;
$custom-light: #c1f1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4eae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89031,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4EAE8

secondary

#C66D6F

accent

#1B20CA

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4EAE8

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

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