#A9BEBE#A9BEBE

#A9BEBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.023 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEBE
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -7.14, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 7.55, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.022 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.023 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0677, 48.9788, 55.8373)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEBE #BEA9A9

analogous

#A9BEB3 #A9BEBE #A9B3BE

triadic

#A9BEBE #BEA9BE #BEBEA9

tetradic

#A9BEBE #B3A9BE #BEA9A9 #B3BEA9

square

#A9BEBE #B3A9BE #BEA9A9 #B3BEA9

split-complementary

#A9BEBE #BEA9B3 #BEB3A9

monochromatic

#668787 #86A4A4 #A9BEBE #CCD8D8 #EEF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A9BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#A9BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEBE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEBE	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.023 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d1d1',
    500: '#a9bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bebe;
$custom-light: #c2d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.023,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEBE

secondary

#E4DFDF

accent

#4D4D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEBE

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

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