#A9C8BB#A9C8BB

#A9C8BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.038 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C8BB
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(155, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(155, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -12.95, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 13.30, 166.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0371 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.038 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9839, 53.3303, 54.8751)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C8BB #C8A9B6

analogous

#A9C8AC #A9C8BB #A9C6C8

triadic

#A9C8BB #BBA9C8 #C8BBA9

tetradic

#A9C8BB #ACA9C8 #C8A9B6 #C6C8A9

square

#A9C8BB #ACA9C8 #C8A9B6 #C6C8A9

split-complementary

#A9C8BB #C8A9C6 #C8ACA9

monochromatic

#609680 #84B09D #A9C8BB #CEE0D9 #ECF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#A9C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C8BB

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C8BB	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.038 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d8cf',
    500: '#a9c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c8bb;
$custom-light: #c2d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80615,
    "c": 0.03796,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C8BB

secondary

#9D7988

accent

#456BA0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#121413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C8BB

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

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