#A8BCBE#A8BCBE

#A8BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.022 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBE
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(185, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -6.42, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 7.23, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0202 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.022 204)
XYZ	xyz(43.4237, 48.0081, 55.6839)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBE #BEAAA8

analogous

#A8BEB5 #A8BCBE #A8B1BE

triadic

#A8BCBE #BEA8BC #BCBEA8

tetradic

#A8BCBE #B5A8BE #BEAAA8 #B1BEA8

square

#A8BCBE #B5A8BE #BEAAA8 #B1BEA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBE #BEA8B1 #BEB5A8

monochromatic

#658487 #85A1A4 #A8BCBE #CBD7D8 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#A8BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.022 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d1',
    500: '#a8bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcbe;
$custom-light: #c2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.02217,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.48009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBE

secondary

#E4DEDE

accent

#544D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBE

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

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