#A9BBBF#A9BBBF

#A9BBBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.021 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBBF
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -5.35, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 6.75, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0174 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.021 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5343, 47.7365, 56.2005)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBBF #BFADA9

analogous

#A9BFB8 #A9BBBF #A9B0BF

triadic

#A9BBBF #BFA9BB #BBBFA9

tetradic

#A9BBBF #B8A9BF #BFADA9 #B0BFA9

square

#A9BBBF #B8A9BF #BFADA9 #B0BFA9

split-complementary

#A9BBBF #BFA9B0 #BFB8A9

monochromatic

#658288 #869FA5 #A9BBBF #CCD7D9 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#A9BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBBF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBBF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.021 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2cfd2',
    500: '#a9bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbbf;
$custom-light: #c2cfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77949,
    "c": 0.02066,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBBF

secondary

#E5E0DF

accent

#5B4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBBF

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

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