#A9BABA#A9BABA

#A9BABA is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.019 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BABA
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -5.83, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 6.16, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.018 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.019 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7820, 47.0973, 53.2816)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BABA #BAA9A9

analogous

#A9BAB2 #A9BABA #A9B2BA

triadic

#A9BABA #BAA9BA #BABAA9

tetradic

#A9BABA #B2A9BA #BAA9A9 #B2BAA9

square

#A9BABA #B2A9BA #BAA9A9 #B2BAA9

split-complementary

#A9BABA #BAA9B2 #BAB2A9

monochromatic

#688181 #879F9F #A9BABA #CBD5D5 #EDF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A9BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#A9BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BABA

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BABA	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.019 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cece',
    500: '#a9baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9baba;
$custom-light: #c2cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.01878,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BABA

secondary

#E2DDDD

accent

#505095

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BABA

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

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