#A8BABA#A8BABA

#A8BABA is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.020 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BABA
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -6.17, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 6.52, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.019 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.02 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5682, 46.9871, 53.2716)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BABA #BAA8A8

analogous

#A8BAB1 #A8BABA #A8B1BA

triadic

#A8BABA #BAA8BA #BABAA8

tetradic

#A8BABA #B1A8BA #BAA8A8 #B1BAA8

square

#A8BABA #B1A8BA #BAA8A8 #B1BAA8

split-complementary

#A8BABA #BAA8B1 #BAB1A8

monochromatic

#668181 #869F9F #A8BABA #CAD5D5 #ECF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A8BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#A8BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BABA

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BABA	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.020 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cece',
    500: '#a8baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8baba;
$custom-light: #c2cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7751,
    "c": 0.01986,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BABA

secondary

#E1DCDC

accent

#505096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BABA

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

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