#A9CDCB#A9CDCB

#A9CDCB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.038 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDCB
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(177, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -12.29, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 12.65, 193.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0375 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.038 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9700, 56.4079, 64.7960)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDCB #CDA9AB

analogous

#A9CDB9 #A9CDCB #A9BDCD

triadic

#A9CDCB #CBA9CD #CDCBA9

tetradic

#A9CDCB #B9A9CD #CDA9AB #BDCDA9

square

#A9CDCB #B9A9CD #CDA9AB #BDCDA9

split-complementary

#A9CDCB #CDA9BD #CDB9A9

monochromatic

#5C9F9B #82B6B4 #A9CDCB #D0E3E2 #ECF4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#A9CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDCB

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDCB	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.038 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcda',
    500: '#a9cdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdcb;
$custom-light: #c3dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.03835,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDCB

secondary

#A2787A

accent

#4046A5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDCB

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

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