#A4BDBE#A4BDBE

#A4BDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.027 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BDBE
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(182, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -8.26, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 8.92, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0257 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.027 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7994, 48.0044, 55.7160)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BDBE #BEA5A4

analogous

#A4BEB2 #A4BDBE #A4B0BE

triadic

#A4BDBE #BEA4BD #BDBEA4

tetradic

#A4BDBE #B2A4BE #BEA5A4 #B0BEA4

square

#A4BDBE #B2A4BE #BEA5A4 #B0BEA4

split-complementary

#A4BDBE #BEA4B0 #BEB2A4

monochromatic

#618687 #80A3A5 #A4BDBE #C8D7D8 #EBF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A4BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#A4BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BDBE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BDBE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DBFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.027 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0d1',
    500: '#a4bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bdbe;
$custom-light: #bfd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77987,
    "c": 0.02731,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BDBE

secondary

#E3DBDB

accent

#4E4B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BDBE

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

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