#A9C8BA#A9C8BA

#A9C8BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.039 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C8BA
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(153, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(153, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -13.15, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 13.62, 164.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0376 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.039 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8772, 53.2876, 54.3133)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C8BA #C8A9B7

analogous

#A9C8AA #A9C8BA #A9C7C8

triadic

#A9C8BA #BAA9C8 #C8BAA9

tetradic

#A9C8BA #AAA9C8 #C8A9B7 #C7C8A9

square

#A9C8BA #AAA9C8 #C8A9B7 #C7C8A9

split-complementary

#A9C8BA #C8A9C7 #C8AAA9

monochromatic

#60967E #84B09C #A9C8BA #CEE0D8 #ECF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#A9C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C8BA

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C8BA	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.039 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d8ce',
    500: '#a9c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c8ba;
$custom-light: #c2d8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.903,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80587,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C8BA

secondary

#9D7989

accent

#456EA0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#121413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C8BA

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

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