#A4BCBA#A4BCBA

#A4BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.026 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BCBA
RGB	rgb(164, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(175, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -8.56, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 8.73, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0259 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.026 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1538, 47.4032, 53.3737)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BCBA #BCA4A6

analogous

#A4BCAE #A4BCBA #A4B2BC

triadic

#A4BCBA #BAA4BC #BCBAA4

tetradic

#A4BCBA #AEA4BC #BCA4A6 #B2BCA4

square

#A4BCBA #AEA4BC #BCA4A6 #B2BCA4

split-complementary

#A4BCBA #BCA4B2 #BCAEA4

monochromatic

#618481 #81A29F #A4BCBA #C7D6D5 #EAF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A4BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#A4BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BCBA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BCBA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.026 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0ce',
    500: '#a4bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bcba;
$custom-light: #bfd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.02638,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BCBA

secondary

#E1DADB

accent

#4C5399

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BCBA

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

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