#A4ECE9#A4ECE9

#A4ECE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.072 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ECE9
RGB	rgb(164, 236, 233)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(178, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -22.83, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 23.53, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0698 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.072 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0083, 73.7633, 88.1508)
Luminance	0.7377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ECE9 #ECA4A7

analogous

#A4ECC5 #A4ECE9 #A4CBEC

triadic

#A4ECE9 #E9A4EC #ECE9A4

tetradic

#A4ECE9 #C5A4EC #ECA4A7 #CBECA4

square

#A4ECE9 #C5A4EC #ECA4A7 #CBECA4

split-complementary

#A4ECE9 #ECA4CB #ECC5A4

monochromatic

#3FD7D1 #71E1DD #A4ECE9 #D7F7F5 #E6FAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#A4ECE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#A4ECE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ECE9

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ECE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ECE9	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AF0EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ece9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 236, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.072 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1f2f0',
    500: '#a4ece9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ece9;
$custom-light: #c1f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ece9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89497,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ECE9

secondary

#C86C70

accent

#1820CD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121716

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ECE9

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

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