#A9BFBD#A9BFBD

#A9BFBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.024 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BFBD
RGB	rgb(169, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(175, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -7.87, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 8.02, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0238 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.024 190)
XYZ	xyz(44.1761, 49.3699, 55.3361)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BFBD #BFA9AB

analogous

#A9BFB2 #A9BFBD #A9B6BF

triadic

#A9BFBD #BDA9BF #BFBDA9

tetradic

#A9BFBD #B2A9BF #BFA9AB #B6BFA9

square

#A9BFBD #B2A9BF #BFA9AB #B6BFA9

split-complementary

#A9BFBD #BFA9B6 #BFB2A9

monochromatic

#658885 #86A5A2 #A9BFBD #CCD9D8 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#A9BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BFBD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BFBD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.024 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d2d0',
    500: '#a9bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bfbd;
$custom-light: #c2d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.02421,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.49371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BFBD

secondary

#E5DFDF

accent

#4D5499

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BFBD

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

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