#A9CDBE#A9CDBE

#A9CDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.044 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDBE
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(155, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(155, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -14.93, 3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 15.33, 166.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0428 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.044 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4853, 55.8141, 56.9765)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDBE #CDA9B8

analogous

#A9CDAC #A9CDBE #A9CACD

triadic

#A9CDBE #BEA9CD #CDBEA9

tetradic

#A9CDBE #ACA9CD #CDA9B8 #CACDA9

square

#A9CDBE #ACA9CD #CDA9B8 #CACDA9

split-complementary

#A9CDBE #CDA9CA #CDACA9

monochromatic

#5C9F83 #82B6A1 #A9CDBE #D0E3DB #ECF4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#A9CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDBE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDBE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.044 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcd1',
    500: '#a9cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdbe;
$custom-light: #c3dcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81783,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDBE

secondary

#A2788A

accent

#406AA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDBE

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

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