#A9BCBE#A9BCBE

#A9BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.021 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCBE
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -6.08, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 6.89, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0192 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.021 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6375, 48.1184, 55.6939)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCBE #BEABA9

analogous

#A9BEB5 #A9BCBE #A9B1BE

triadic

#A9BCBE #BEA9BC #BCBEA9

tetradic

#A9BCBE #B5A9BE #BEABA9 #B1BEA9

square

#A9BCBE #B5A9BE #BEABA9 #B1BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BCBE #BEA9B1 #BEB5A9

monochromatic

#668487 #86A1A4 #A9BCBE #CCD7D8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#A9BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCBE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCBE	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)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.021 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d1',
    500: '#a9bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcbe;
$custom-light: #c2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.0211,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCBE

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#554D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCBE

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

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