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#a8c3bc Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#a8c3bc (Opal) is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 76.47% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.59% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 164.44°, with 18.37% saturation and 71.18% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.5099

Complementary

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #c3a8af

Split complementary

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #c3a8bd
  3. #c3afa8

Analogous

  1. #a8c3af
  2. #a8c3bc
  3. #a8bdc3

Triadic

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #bca8c3
  3. #c3bca8

Tetradic

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #a8afc3
  3. #c3a8af
  4. #c3bca8

Square

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #afa8c3
  3. #c3a8af
  4. #bdc3a8

Monochromatic

  1. #567c72
  2. #7ba499
  3. #a8c3bc
  4. #d5e2df
  5. #f3f7f6

Shades

#a8c3bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #97b0a9
  3. #869c96
  4. #768984
  5. #657571
  6. #54625e
  7. #434e4b
  8. #323b38
  9. #222726
  10. #111413
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8c3bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #b1c9c3
  3. #b9cfc9
  4. #c2d5d0
  5. #cbdbd7
  6. #d4e1de
  7. #dce7e4
  8. #e5edeb
  9. #eef3f2
  10. #f6f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8c3bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8c3bc
  2. #a4bcb6
  3. #a0b6b0
  4. #9cafaa
  5. #98a8a4
  6. #94a29e
  7. #909b98
  8. #8c9492
  9. #888d8c
  10. #848786
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5c0bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bfbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbcbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2c4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c1bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4bfbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8c3bc {
  color: #a8c3bc;
}
Background
.bg-a8c3bc {
  background-color: #a8c3bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8c3bc {
  border: 2px solid #a8c3bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8c3bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 195 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 18% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8c3bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8c3bc, #a8bdc3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8c3bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 195 188 / 0.35);
}

#b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 5.19 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.07 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.41 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.41 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 11.64 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.83 #573c43 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Opal
#a8c3bc  rgb(168, 195, 188)  hsl(164, 18%, 71%)  Opal
#c3a8af  rgb(195, 168, 175)  hsl(344, 18%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#bca8c3  rgb(188, 168, 195)  hsl(284, 18%, 71%)  Pastel Purple
#c3bca8  rgb(195, 188, 168)  hsl(44, 18%, 71%)  Bone