#A4BDBD#A4BDBD

#A4BDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.027 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BDBD
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -8.47, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 8.94, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0261 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.027 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6904, 47.9608, 55.1424)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BDBD #BDA4A4

analogous

#A4BDB1 #A4BDBD #A4B1BD

triadic

#A4BDBD #BDA4BD #BDBDA4

tetradic

#A4BDBD #B1A4BD #BDA4A4 #B1BDA4

square

#A4BDBD #B1A4BD #BDA4A4 #B1BDA4

split-complementary

#A4BDBD #BDA4B1 #BDB1A4

monochromatic

#618686 #81A3A3 #A4BDBD #C7D7D7 #EBF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A4BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#A4BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BDBD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BDBD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DBFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.027 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0d0',
    500: '#a4bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bdbd;
$custom-light: #bfd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77956,
    "c": 0.02727,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BDBD

secondary

#E2DBDB

accent

#4B4B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BDBD

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

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