#A9CBCD#A9CBCD

#A9CBCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.036 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CBCD
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(183, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -10.84, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 11.84, 203.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.034 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.036 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7346, 55.5532, 65.9009)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CBCD #CDABA9

analogous

#A9CDBD #A9CBCD #A9B9CD

triadic

#A9CBCD #CDA9CB #CBCDA9

tetradic

#A9CBCD #BDA9CD #CDABA9 #B9CDA9

square

#A9CBCD #BDA9CD #CDABA9 #B9CDA9

split-complementary

#A9CBCD #CDA9B9 #CDBDA9

monochromatic

#5C9B9F #82B4B6 #A9CBCD #D0E2E3 #ECF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#A9CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CBCD

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CBCD	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.036 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dadc',
    500: '#a9cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cbcd;
$custom-light: #c3dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81795,
    "c": 0.03636,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CBCD

secondary

#A27A78

accent

#4640A5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CBCD

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

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