#A4BCBE#A4BCBE

#A4BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.026 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BCBE
RGB	rgb(164, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(185, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -7.73, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 8.60, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0243 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.026 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5850, 47.5757, 55.6446)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BCBE #BEA6A4

analogous

#A4BEB3 #A4BCBE #A4AFBE

triadic

#A4BCBE #BEA4BC #BCBEA4

tetradic

#A4BCBE #B3A4BE #BEA6A4 #AFBEA4

square

#A4BCBE #B3A4BE #BEA6A4 #AFBEA4

split-complementary

#A4BCBE #BEA4AF #BEB3A4

monochromatic

#618487 #80A2A5 #A4BCBE #C8D6D8 #EBF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A4BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#A4BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BCBE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BCBE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.026 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0d1',
    500: '#a4bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bcbe;
$custom-light: #bfd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77773,
    "c": 0.02639,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BCBE

secondary

#E3DCDB

accent

#514B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BCBE

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

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