#A9BCBF#A9BCBF

#A9BCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.021 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCBF
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(188, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -5.88, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 6.96, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0188 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.021 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7472, 48.1622, 56.2715)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCBF #BFACA9

analogous

#A9BFB7 #A9BCBF #A9B1BF

triadic

#A9BCBF #BFA9BC #BCBFA9

tetradic

#A9BCBF #B7A9BF #BFACA9 #B1BFA9

square

#A9BCBF #B7A9BF #BFACA9 #B1BFA9

split-complementary

#A9BCBF #BFA9B1 #BFB7A9

monochromatic

#658388 #86A1A5 #A9BCBF #CCD7D9 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#A9BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCBF

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCBF	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.021 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d2',
    500: '#a9bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcbf;
$custom-light: #c2d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCBF

secondary

#E5E0DF

accent

#574D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCBF

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

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