#A8BCBB#A8BCBB

#A8BCBB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.022 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBB
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(177, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -7.02, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 7.26, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0214 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.022 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0992, 47.8783, 53.9748)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBB #BCA8A9

analogous

#A8BCB1 #A8BCBB #A8B3BC

triadic

#A8BCBB #BBA8BC #BCBBA8

tetradic

#A8BCBB #B1A8BC #BCA8A9 #B3BCA8

square

#A8BCBB #B1A8BC #BCA8A9 #B3BCA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBB #BCA8B3 #BCB1A8

monochromatic

#668482 #85A1A0 #A8BCBB #CBD7D6 #EDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A8BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#A8BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBB	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.022 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0cf',
    500: '#a8bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcbb;
$custom-light: #c2d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.02201,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBB

secondary

#E3DDDD

accent

#4E5297

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBB

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

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