#A8C8BA#A8C8BA

#A8C8BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.040 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C8BA
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(154, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(154, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -13.48, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 13.91, 165.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0386 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.04 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6634, 53.1774, 54.3033)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C8BA #C8A8B6

analogous

#A8C8AA #A8C8BA #A8C6C8

triadic

#A8C8BA #BAA8C8 #C8BAA8

tetradic

#A8C8BA #AAA8C8 #C8A8B6 #C6C8A8

square

#A8C8BA #AAA8C8 #C8A8B6 #C6C8A8

split-complementary

#A8C8BA #C8A8C6 #C8AAA8

monochromatic

#5F967E #83B09C #A8C8BA #CDE0D8 #ECF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A8C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#A8C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C8BA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C8BA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.040 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d8ce',
    500: '#a8c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c8ba;
$custom-light: #c2d8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.03956,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C8BA

secondary

#9D7888

accent

#456DA1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#121413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C8BA

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

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