#A4BDBF#A4BDBF

#A4BDBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.027 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BDBF
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(184, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -8.05, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 8.94, 205.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0253 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.027 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9090, 48.0483, 56.2936)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BDBF #BFA6A4

analogous

#A4BFB4 #A4BDBF #A4B0BF

triadic

#A4BDBF #BFA4BD #BDBFA4

tetradic

#A4BDBF #B4A4BF #BFA6A4 #B0BFA4

square

#A4BDBF #B4A4BF #BFA6A4 #B0BFA4

split-complementary

#A4BDBF #BFA4B0 #BFB4A4

monochromatic

#608689 #80A3A6 #A4BDBF #C8D7D8 #ECF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A4BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#A4BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BDBF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BDBF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.027 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0d2',
    500: '#a4bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bdbf;
$custom-light: #bfd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78018,
    "c": 0.02742,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BDBF

secondary

#E3DCDC

accent

#504A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BDBF

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

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