#A9BCBC#A9BCBC

#A9BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.021 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCBC
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -6.49, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 6.86, 198.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.02 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.021 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4204, 48.0315, 54.5506)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCBC #BCA9A9

analogous

#A9BCB3 #A9BCBC #A9B3BC

triadic

#A9BCBC #BCA9BC #BCBCA9

tetradic

#A9BCBC #B3A9BC #BCA9A9 #B3BCA9

square

#A9BCBC #B3A9BC #BCA9A9 #B3BCA9

split-complementary

#A9BCBC #BCA9B3 #BCB3A9

monochromatic

#678484 #87A1A1 #A9BCBC #CBD7D7 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#A9BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCBC

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCBC	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.021 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d0',
    500: '#a9bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcbc;
$custom-light: #c2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.0209,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCBC

secondary

#E3DEDE

accent

#4F4F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCBC

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

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