#A8BCBC#A8BCBC

#A8BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.022 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBC
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -6.82, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 7.21, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.021 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.022 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2066, 47.9213, 54.5406)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBC #BCA8A8

analogous

#A8BCB2 #A8BCBC #A8B2BC

triadic

#A8BCBC #BCA8BC #BCBCA8

tetradic

#A8BCBC #B2A8BC #BCA8A8 #B2BCA8

square

#A8BCBC #B2A8BC #BCA8A8 #B2BCA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBC #BCA8B2 #BCB2A8

monochromatic

#668484 #85A1A1 #A8BCBC #CBD7D7 #EDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#A8BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBC	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.022 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d0',
    500: '#a8bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcbc;
$custom-light: #c2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77997,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBC

secondary

#E3DDDD

accent

#4E4E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBC

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

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