#A9BDBE#A9BDBE

#A9BDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.022 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BDBE
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(183, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -6.61, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 7.19, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0206 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.022 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8518, 48.5471, 55.7654)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BDBE #BEAAA9

analogous

#A9BEB4 #A9BDBE #A9B2BE

triadic

#A9BDBE #BEA9BD #BDBEA9

tetradic

#A9BDBE #B4A9BE #BEAAA9 #B2BEA9

square

#A9BDBE #B4A9BE #BEAAA9 #B2BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BDBE #BEA9B2 #BEB4A9

monochromatic

#668587 #86A2A4 #A9BDBE #CCD8D8 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A9BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#A9BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BDBE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BDBE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.022 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d0d1',
    500: '#a9bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bdbe;
$custom-light: #c2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.02201,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BDBE

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#514D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BDBE

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

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