#A8BCBA#A8BCBA

#A8BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.022 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBA
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(174, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -7.22, -1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 7.34, 190.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0218 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.022 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9925, 47.8357, 53.4130)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBA #BCA8AA

analogous

#A8BCB0 #A8BCBA #A8B4BC

triadic

#A8BCBA #BAA8BC #BCBAA8

tetradic

#A8BCBA #B0A8BC #BCA8AA #B4BCA8

square

#A8BCBA #B0A8BC #BCA8AA #B4BCA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBA #BCA8B4 #BCB0A8

monochromatic

#668481 #85A19F #A8BCBA #CBD7D5 #EDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A8BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#A8BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBA

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBA	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.022 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0ce',
    500: '#a8bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcba;
$custom-light: #c2d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77936,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBA

secondary

#E3DDDE

accent

#4E5697

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBA

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

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