#A9C8CD#A9C8CD

#A9C8CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.034 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C8CD
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(188, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -9.28, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 11.03, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0299 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.034 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0329, 54.1500, 65.6670)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C8CD #CDAEA9

analogous

#A9CDC0 #A9C8CD #A9B6CD

triadic

#A9C8CD #CDA9C8 #C8CDA9

tetradic

#A9C8CD #C0A9CD #CDAEA9 #B6CDA9

square

#A9C8CD #C0A9CD #CDAEA9 #B6CDA9

split-complementary

#A9C8CD #CDA9B6 #CDC0A9

monochromatic

#5C969F #82AFB6 #A9C8CD #D0E1E3 #ECF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#A9C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#A9C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C8CD

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C8CD	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.034 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d8dc',
    500: '#a9c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c8cd;
$custom-light: #c3d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81154,
    "c": 0.03399,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C8CD

secondary

#A27E78

accent

#4E40A5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C8CD

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

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