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#A4BBBF — Light Dusty Teal

#A4BBBF is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #A4BBBF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A4BBBF is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C0A9A5; it also sits naturally between #A5C0B6 and #A5AFC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4BBBF · RGB 164, 187, 191

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Color values

HEX#A4BBBF
RGB164, 187, 191
HSL189°, 17%, 70%
HSV189°, 14%, 75%
CMYK14%, 2%, 0%, 25%
XYZ42.48, 47.19, 56.16
Yxy47.19, 0.2913, 0.3236
CIE-Lab74.31, -6.99, -4.68
Hunter Lab68.70, -6.26, -4.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 73% · Blue 75%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A4BBBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4BBBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4BBBF

.text { color: #A4BBBF; }
.background { background-color: #A4BBBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4BBBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 187, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 17%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4BBBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 187, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4BBBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 187, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4BBBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4BBBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4BBBF

#91ACB1#7F9EA4#6A8F95#5D7E83#4E6A6E#3F565A#334448#243133#171F21#080B0C

Tints of #A4BBBF

#AEC2C6#B4C7CA#BDCED0#C3D2D5#CCD9DB#D5E0E1#DBE4E6#E4EBEC#EAEFF0#F3F6F7

Tones of #A4BBBF

#A7BBBE#A9B9BC#ABB8BA#ADB6B8#AFB5B6#B1B4B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0A9A5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.01:1 Fails
Against black text10.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4BBBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4BBBF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A4BBBF: ·

How #A4BBBF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #AEAEBEDeuteranopia · #ADABBETritanopia · #A5BDBD

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Blue Grey 500 · #607D8BTailwind slate 500 · #64748B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A4BBBF rather than the exact color:

Palette F9ebc8
#F9EBC8 · #FEFBE7 · #DAE5D0 · #A0BCC2
Velvet Aurora
#6BAD74 · #A3C0B9 · #6C94A8 · #363A83
Palette 19183b
#19183B · #708993 · #A1C2BD · #E7F2EF
Palette Faf3f3
#FAF3F3 · #E1E5EA · #A7BBC7 · #DA7F8F
Royal Ruby Summit
#A6A77D · #5B7B4C · #4AA065 · #9FC2C1
Burning Ruby Zephyr
#9ACAAD · #A5B3C4 · #BBA3C5 · #7C4B52

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A0BCC2#A3C0B9#A1C2BD#A7BBC7#9FC2C1#A5B3C4#ACBAC4#9DBEB9#A7C4BC#9DB2BF#9BB4C0#A1AFBE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4BBBE  ·  #A4BBC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4BBBF?

#A4BBBF is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 164, 187, 191). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4BBBF?

#A4BBBF is RGB 164, 187, 191 — HSL 189°, 17%, 70% — CMYK 14%, 2%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #A4BBBF?

Its complement is #C0A9A5; analogous partners are #A5C0B6 and #A5AFC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4BBBF for text?

Black text on #A4BBBF has a contrast ratio of 10.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.