#A9BBBE#A9BBBE

#A9BBBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.020 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBBE
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -5.55, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 6.63, 213.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0178 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.02 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4246, 47.6926, 55.6230)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBBE #BEACA9

analogous

#A9BEB6 #A9BBBE #A9B0BE

triadic

#A9BBBE #BEA9BB #BBBEA9

tetradic

#A9BBBE #B6A9BE #BEACA9 #B0BEA9

square

#A9BBBE #B6A9BE #BEACA9 #B0BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BBBE #BEA9B0 #BEB6A9

monochromatic

#668287 #869FA4 #A9BBBE #CCD7D8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#A9BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBBE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBBE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.020 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfd1',
    500: '#a9bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbbe;
$custom-light: #c2cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.02031,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBBE

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#584D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBBE

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

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