#A8BAB4#A8BAB4

#A8BAB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.022 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BAB4
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(160, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(160, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -7.36, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 7.41, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0214 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.022 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9438, 46.7373, 49.9826)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BAB4 #BAA8AE

analogous

#A8BAAB #A8BAB4 #A8B7BA

triadic

#A8BAB4 #B4A8BA #BAB4A8

tetradic

#A8BAB4 #ABA8BA #BAA8AE #B7BAA8

square

#A8BAB4 #ABA8BA #BAA8AE #B7BAA8

split-complementary

#A8BAB4 #BAA8B7 #BAABA8

monochromatic

#668178 #869F97 #A8BAB4 #CAD5D1 #ECF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A8BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#A8BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BAB4

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BAB4	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.022 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ceca',
    500: '#a8bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bab4;
$custom-light: #c2ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.02156,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BAB4

secondary

#E1DCDE

accent

#506796

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BAB4

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

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