#A9BCBD#A9BCBD

#A9BCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.021 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCBD
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(183, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -6.29, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 6.85, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0196 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.021 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5286, 48.0748, 55.1203)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCBD #BDAAA9

analogous

#A9BDB4 #A9BCBD #A9B2BD

triadic

#A9BCBD #BDA9BC #BCBDA9

tetradic

#A9BCBD #B4A9BD #BDAAA9 #B2BDA9

square

#A9BCBD #B4A9BD #BDAAA9 #B2BDA9

split-complementary

#A9BCBD #BDA9B2 #BDB4A9

monochromatic

#668485 #86A1A2 #A9BCBD #CCD7D8 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#A9BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCBD

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCBD	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.021 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d0',
    500: '#a9bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcbd;
$custom-light: #c2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.781,
    "c": 0.02096,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCBD

secondary

#E4DEDE

accent

#524E97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCBD

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

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