#A4ECE5#A4ECE5

#A4ECE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.072 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ECE5
RGB	rgb(164, 236, 229)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(174, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -23.72, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 24.02, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0714 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.072 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4433, 73.5373, 85.1755)
Luminance	0.7354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ECE5 #ECA4AB

analogous

#A4ECC1 #A4ECE5 #A4CFEC

triadic

#A4ECE5 #E5A4EC #ECE5A4

tetradic

#A4ECE5 #C1A4EC #ECA4AB #CFECA4

square

#A4ECE5 #C1A4EC #ECA4AB #CFECA4

split-complementary

#A4ECE5 #ECA4CF #ECC1A4

monochromatic

#3FD7C8 #71E1D7 #A4ECE5 #D7F7F3 #E6FAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#A4ECE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#A4ECE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ECE5

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ECE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ECE5	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7DBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CF0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ece5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 236, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.072 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f2ed',
    500: '#a4ece5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ece5;
$custom-light: #c1f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ece5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89376,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ECE5

secondary

#C86C75

accent

#182ACD

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFD

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121716

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ECE5

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

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