#A8BABC#A8BABC

#A8BABC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.020 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BABC
RGB	rgb(168, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -5.76, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 6.55, 208.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0182 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.02 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7823, 47.0727, 54.3991)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BABC #BCAAA8

analogous

#A8BCB4 #A8BABC #A8B0BC

triadic

#A8BABC #BCA8BA #BABCA8

tetradic

#A8BABC #B4A8BC #BCAAA8 #B0BCA8

square

#A8BABC #B4A8BC #BCAAA8 #B0BCA8

split-complementary

#A8BABC #BCA8B0 #BCB4A8

monochromatic

#668184 #859FA1 #A8BABC #CBD5D7 #EDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A8BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#A8BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BABC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BABC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.020 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ced0',
    500: '#a8babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8babc;
$custom-light: #c2ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.02007,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BABC

secondary

#E3DEDD

accent

#564E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BABC

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

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