#A9BABC#A9BABC

#A9BABC is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.019 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BABC
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -5.43, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 6.21, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0172 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.019 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9961, 47.1830, 54.4092)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BABC #BCABA9

analogous

#A9BCB5 #A9BABC #A9B0BC

triadic

#A9BABC #BCA9BA #BABCA9

tetradic

#A9BABC #B5A9BC #BCABA9 #B0BCA9

square

#A9BABC #B5A9BC #BCABA9 #B0BCA9

split-complementary

#A9BABC #BCA9B0 #BCB5A9

monochromatic

#678184 #879EA1 #A9BABC #CBD6D7 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#A9BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BABC

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BABC	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.019 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ced0',
    500: '#a9babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9babc;
$custom-light: #c2ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77644,
    "c": 0.019,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BABC

secondary

#E3DEDE

accent

#574F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BABC

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

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