#A9BCBB#A9BCBB

#A9BCBB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.021 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCBB
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(177, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -6.69, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 6.91, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0204 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.021 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3130, 47.9886, 53.9848)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCBB #BCA9AA

analogous

#A9BCB1 #A9BCBB #A9B4BC

triadic

#A9BCBB #BBA9BC #BCBBA9

tetradic

#A9BCBB #B1A9BC #BCA9AA #B4BCA9

square

#A9BCBB #B1A9BC #BCA9AA #B4BCA9

split-complementary

#A9BCBB #BCA9B4 #BCB1A9

monochromatic

#678482 #87A1A0 #A9BCBB #CBD7D6 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#A9BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCBB

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCBB	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.021 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0cf',
    500: '#a9bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcbb;
$custom-light: #c2d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78039,
    "c": 0.02094,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCBB

secondary

#E3DEDE

accent

#4F5397

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCBB

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

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