#A9CDC2#A9CDC2

#A9CDC2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.041 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDC2
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(162, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(162, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -14.13, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 14.21, 173.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0411 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.041 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9285, 55.9913, 59.3107)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDC2 #CDA9B4

analogous

#A9CDB0 #A9CDC2 #A9C6CD

triadic

#A9CDC2 #C2A9CD #CDC2A9

tetradic

#A9CDC2 #B0A9CD #CDA9B4 #C6CDA9

square

#A9CDC2 #B0A9CD #CDA9B4 #C6CDA9

split-complementary

#A9CDC2 #CDA9C6 #CDB0A9

monochromatic

#5C9F8B #82B6A7 #A9CDC2 #D0E3DD #ECF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A9CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#A9CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDC2

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDC2	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.041 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcd4',
    500: '#a9cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdc2;
$custom-light: #c3dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81897,
    "c": 0.04127,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDC2

secondary

#A27885

accent

#405FA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDC2

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

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