#A9BBBD#A9BBBD

#A9BBBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.020 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBBD
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -5.76, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 6.55, 208.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0182 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.02 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3157, 47.6490, 55.0493)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBBD #BDABA9

analogous

#A9BDB5 #A9BBBD #A9B1BD

triadic

#A9BBBD #BDA9BB #BBBDA9

tetradic

#A9BBBD #B5A9BD #BDABA9 #B1BDA9

square

#A9BBBD #B5A9BD #BDABA9 #B1BDA9

split-complementary

#A9BBBD #BDA9B1 #BDB5A9

monochromatic

#668285 #86A0A2 #A9BBBD #CCD6D8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#A9BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBBD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBBD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.020 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfd0',
    500: '#a9bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbbd;
$custom-light: #c2cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77887,
    "c": 0.02005,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBBD

secondary

#E4DFDE

accent

#564E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBBD

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

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