#A9BFBF#A9BFBF

#A9BFBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.024 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BFBF
RGB	rgb(169, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -7.47, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 7.89, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.023 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.024 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3947, 49.4573, 56.4874)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BFBF #BFA9A9

analogous

#A9BFB4 #A9BFBF #A9B4BF

triadic

#A9BFBF #BFA9BF #BFBFA9

tetradic

#A9BFBF #B4A9BF #BFA9A9 #B4BFA9

square

#A9BFBF #B4A9BF #BFA9A9 #B4BFA9

split-complementary

#A9BFBF #BFA9B4 #BFB4A9

monochromatic

#658888 #86A5A5 #A9BFBF #CCD9D9 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#A9BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BFBF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BFBF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.024 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d2d2',
    500: '#a9bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bfbf;
$custom-light: #c2d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.788,
    "c": 0.02405,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BFBF

secondary

#E5DFDF

accent

#4D4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BFBF

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

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