#A9BBBB#A9BBBB

#A9BBBB is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.020 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBBB
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -6.16, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 6.51, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.019 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.02 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1001, 47.5628, 53.9139)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBBB #BBA9A9

analogous

#A9BBB2 #A9BBBB #A9B2BB

triadic

#A9BBBB #BBA9BB #BBBBA9

tetradic

#A9BBBB #B2A9BB #BBA9A9 #B2BBA9

square

#A9BBBB #B2A9BB #BBA9A9 #B2BBA9

split-complementary

#A9BBBB #BBA9B2 #BBB2A9

monochromatic

#678282 #87A0A0 #A9BBBB #CBD6D6 #EDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A9BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#A9BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBBB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBBB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.020 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfcf',
    500: '#a9bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbbb;
$custom-light: #c2cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.01984,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBBB

secondary

#E2DDDD

accent

#505096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBBB

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

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