#A9CDCD#A9CDCD

#A9CDCD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.038 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDCD
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -11.87, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 12.52, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0367 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.038 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2099, 56.5039, 66.0593)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDCD #CDA9A9

analogous

#A9CDBB #A9CDCD #A9BBCD

triadic

#A9CDCD #CDA9CD #CDCDA9

tetradic

#A9CDCD #BBA9CD #CDA9A9 #BBCDA9

square

#A9CDCD #BBA9CD #CDA9A9 #BBCDA9

split-complementary

#A9CDCD #CDA9BB #CDBBA9

monochromatic

#5C9F9F #82B6B6 #A9CDCD #D0E3E3 #ECF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#A9CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDCD

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDCD	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.038 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcdc',
    500: '#a9cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdcd;
$custom-light: #c3dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82224,
    "c": 0.03823,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDCD

secondary

#A27878

accent

#4040A5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDCD

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

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