#A5CDCD#A5CDCD

#A5CDCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.042 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CDCD
RGB	rgb(165, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -13.12, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 13.82, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0405 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.042 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3647, 56.0681, 66.0197)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CDCD #CDA5A5

analogous

#A5CDB9 #A5CDCD #A5B9CD

triadic

#A5CDCD #CDA5CD #CDCDA5

tetradic

#A5CDCD #B9A5CD #CDA5A5 #B9CDA5

square

#A5CDCD #B9A5CD #CDA5A5 #B9CDA5

split-complementary

#A5CDCD #CDA5B9 #CDB9A5

monochromatic

#589F9F #7EB7B7 #A5CDCD #CCE3E3 #EBF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A5CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#A5CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CDCD

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CDCD	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.042 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dcdc',
    500: '#a5cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5cdcd;
$custom-light: #c0dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81964,
    "c": 0.04224,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CDCD

secondary

#A27474

accent

#3E3EA7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CDCD

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

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