#A8BCBD#A8BCBD

#A8BCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.022 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBD
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(183, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -6.62, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 7.20, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0207 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.022 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3148, 47.9646, 55.1103)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBD #BDA9A8

analogous

#A8BDB3 #A8BCBD #A8B2BD

triadic

#A8BCBD #BDA8BC #BCBDA8

tetradic

#A8BCBD #B3A8BD #BDA9A8 #B2BDA8

square

#A8BCBD #B3A8BD #BDA9A8 #B2BDA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBD #BDA8B2 #BDB3A8

monochromatic

#658485 #85A1A3 #A8BCBD #CBD7D7 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#A8BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.022 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d0',
    500: '#a8bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcbd;
$custom-light: #c2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.02203,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBD

secondary

#E3DEDD

accent

#514E98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBD

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

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