#A9CDC8#A9CDC8

#A9CDC8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.039 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDC8
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(172, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -12.91, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 13.00, 186.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0387 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.039 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6160, 56.2663, 62.9314)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDC8 #CDA9AE

analogous

#A9CDB6 #A9CDC8 #A9C0CD

triadic

#A9CDC8 #C8A9CD #CDC8A9

tetradic

#A9CDC8 #B6A9CD #CDA9AE #C0CDA9

square

#A9CDC8 #B6A9CD #CDA9AE #C0CDA9

split-complementary

#A9CDC8 #CDA9C0 #CDB6A9

monochromatic

#5C9F96 #82B6AF #A9CDC8 #D0E3E1 #ECF4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#A9CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDC8

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDC8	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.039 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcd8',
    500: '#a9cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdc8;
$custom-light: #c3dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82073,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDC8

secondary

#A2787E

accent

#404EA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDC8

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

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