#A9BEBC#A9BEBC

#A9BEBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.023 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEBC
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(174, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -7.55, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 7.68, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0228 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.023 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8506, 48.8919, 54.6940)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEBC #BEA9AB

analogous

#A9BEB1 #A9BEBC #A9B5BE

triadic

#A9BEBC #BCA9BE #BEBCA9

tetradic

#A9BEBC #B1A9BE #BEA9AB #B5BEA9

square

#A9BEBC #B1A9BE #BEA9AB #B5BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BEBC #BEA9B5 #BEB1A9

monochromatic

#668784 #86A4A1 #A9BEBC #CCD8D7 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A9BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#A9BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEBC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEBC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.023 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1d0',
    500: '#a9bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bebc;
$custom-light: #c2d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78495,
    "c": 0.02316,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEBC

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#4D5598

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEBC

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

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