#A8BCBF#A8BCBF

#A8BCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.022 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BCBF
RGB	rgb(168, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(188, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -6.21, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 7.30, 211.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0198 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.022 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5334, 48.0520, 56.2615)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BCBF #BFABA8

analogous

#A8BFB6 #A8BCBF #A8B0BF

triadic

#A8BCBF #BFA8BC #BCBFA8

tetradic

#A8BCBF #B6A8BF #BFABA8 #B0BFA8

square

#A8BCBF #B6A8BF #BFABA8 #B0BFA8

split-complementary

#A8BCBF #BFA8B0 #BFB6A8

monochromatic

#648488 #85A1A5 #A8BCBF #CBD7D9 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#A8BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BCBF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BCBF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.022 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d2',
    500: '#a8bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bcbf;
$custom-light: #c2d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BCBF

secondary

#E5DFDE

accent

#564C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BCBF

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

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