#A8C4BC#A8C4BC

#A8C4BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.032 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C4BC
RGB	rgb(168, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(163, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(163, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -11.02, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 11.05, 175.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0322 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.032 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9632, 51.4345, 55.1261)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C4BC #C4A8B0

analogous

#A8C4AE #A8C4BC #A8BEC4

triadic

#A8C4BC #BCA8C4 #C4BCA8

tetradic

#A8C4BC #AEA8C4 #C4A8B0 #BEC4A8

square

#A8C4BC #AEA8C4 #C4A8B0 #BEC4A8

split-complementary

#A8C4BC #C4A8BE #C4AEA8

monochromatic

#629083 #84ABA0 #A8C4BC #CCDDD8 #EDF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A8C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#A8C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C4BC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C4BC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.032 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d5d0',
    500: '#a8c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c4bc;
$custom-light: #c2d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79711,
    "c": 0.03229,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C4BC

secondary

#987881

accent

#48609E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#121414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C4BC

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

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