#A9BEBD#A9BEBD

#A9BEBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.023 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEBD
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(177, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -7.34, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 7.59, 194.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0224 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.023 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9588, 48.9352, 55.2637)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEBD #BEA9AA

analogous

#A9BEB2 #A9BEBD #A9B4BE

triadic

#A9BEBD #BDA9BE #BEBDA9

tetradic

#A9BEBD #B2A9BE #BEA9AA #B4BEA9

square

#A9BEBD #B2A9BE #BEA9AA #B4BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BEBD #BEA9B4 #BEB2A9

monochromatic

#668785 #86A4A2 #A9BEBD #CCD8D8 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A9BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#A9BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEBD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEBD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.023 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1d0',
    500: '#a9bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bebd;
$custom-light: #c2d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78526,
    "c": 0.02304,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEBD

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#4D5198

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEBD

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

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