#A8BDBE#A8BDBE

#A8BDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.023 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BDBE
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(183, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -6.94, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 7.54, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0216 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.023 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6381, 48.4369, 55.7554)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BDBE #BEA9A8

analogous

#A8BEB4 #A8BDBE #A8B2BE

triadic

#A8BDBE #BEA8BD #BDBEA8

tetradic

#A8BDBE #B4A8BE #BEA9A8 #B2BEA8

square

#A8BDBE #B4A8BE #BEA9A8 #B2BEA8

split-complementary

#A8BDBE #BEA8B2 #BEB4A8

monochromatic

#658587 #85A2A4 #A8BDBE #CBD8D8 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A8BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#A8BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BDBE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BDBE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.023 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d1',
    500: '#a8bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bdbe;
$custom-light: #c2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.02307,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BDBE

secondary

#E4DEDE

accent

#504D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BDBE

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

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