#A9BFBE#A9BFBE

#A9BFBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.024 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BFBE
RGB	rgb(169, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(177, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -7.67, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 7.94, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0234 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.024 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2850, 49.4134, 55.9098)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BFBE #BFA9AA

analogous

#A9BFB3 #A9BFBE #A9B5BF

triadic

#A9BFBE #BEA9BF #BFBEA9

tetradic

#A9BFBE #B3A9BF #BFA9AA #B5BFA9

square

#A9BFBE #B3A9BF #BFA9AA #B5BFA9

split-complementary

#A9BFBE #BFA9B5 #BFB3A9

monochromatic

#658887 #86A5A3 #A9BFBE #CCD9D9 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#A9BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BFBE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BFBE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.024 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d2d1',
    500: '#a9bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bfbe;
$custom-light: #c2d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.02409,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BFBE

secondary

#E5DFDF

accent

#4D5099

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BFBE

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

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