Palettes / Colors / #A9BCBB

#A9BCBB — Light Dusty Teal

#A9BCBB 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 #A9BCBB 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.

#A9BCBB 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 #BCA9AA; it also sits naturally between #A9BCB2 and #A9B3BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 66% · Green 74% · Blue 73%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #A9BCBB

.text { color: #A9BCBB; }
.background { background-color: #A9BCBB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A9BCBB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(169, 188, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 12%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A9BCBB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(169, 188, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A9BCBB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(169, 188, 187, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A9BCBB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A9BCBB">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCA9AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #A9BCBB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A9BCBB

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:

How #A9BCBB looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A9BCBB rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #A9BCBB?

#A9BCBB is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 169, 188, 187). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A9BCBB?

#A9BCBB is RGB 169, 188, 187 — HSL 177°, 12%, 70% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 1%, 26%.

What colors go with #A9BCBB?

Its complement is #BCA9AA; analogous partners are #A9BCB2 and #A9B3BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A9BCBB for text?

Black text on #A9BCBB has a contrast ratio of 10.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.98:1.