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Coolteal

Soft Seafoam Chiffon

#98e4d0
Notes

Soft Seafoam Chiffon (#98E4D0) is a soft teal with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (164°, 58%, 75%) places it in the balanced band at a light lightness. It works as a background wash, large-area fill, or soft illustration tone. Add a darker ink of the same hue when you need type over it. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#98e4d0
RGB
rgb(152, 228, 208)
HSL
hsl(164, 58%, 75%)
HWB
hwb(164 60% 11%)
OKLCH
oklch(86.4% 0.081 175.9)
HSV
hsv(164, 33%, 89%)
LAB
lab(85.36% -27.76 2.31)
LCH
lch(85.36% 27.86 175.24)
CMYK
cmyk(33%, 0%, 9%, 11%)

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#98e4d0
Original
#dfdbcf
Protanopia
#d1d1d1
Deuteranopia
#82e6de
Tritanopia
#d2d2d2
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.46:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
14.34:1

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