#A9CDCE#A9CDCE

#A9CDCE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.038 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDCE
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(182, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -11.66, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 12.49, 200.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0363 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.038 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3310, 56.5523, 66.6971)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDCE #CEAAA9

analogous

#A9CEBC #A9CDCE #A9BACE

triadic

#A9CDCE #CEA9CD #CDCEA9

tetradic

#A9CDCE #BCA9CE #CEAAA9 #BACEA9

square

#A9CDCE #BCA9CE #CEAAA9 #BACEA9

split-complementary

#A9CDCE #CEA9BA #CEBCA9

monochromatic

#5C9FA1 #82B6B8 #A9CDCE #D0E4E4 #ECF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#A9CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDCE

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDCE	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.038 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dcdc',
    500: '#a9cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdce;
$custom-light: #c3dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82255,
    "c": 0.03825,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDCE

secondary

#A37978

accent

#423FA6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDCE

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

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