#809E9B#809E9B

#809E9B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.034 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#809E9B
RGB	rgb(128, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(174, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -11.01, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 11.17, 189.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0332 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.034 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0437, 31.4086, 35.6416)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#809E9B #9E8083

analogous

#809E8C #809E9B #80929E

triadic

#809E9B #9B809E #9E9B80

tetradic

#809E9B #8C809E #9E8083 #929E80

square

#809E9B #8C809E #9E8083 #929E80

split-complementary

#809E9B #9E8092 #9E8C80

monochromatic

#475D5B #617F7C #809E9B #A3B9B6 #C5D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#809E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#809E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #809E9B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##809E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##809E9B	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #809e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.034 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bab8',
    500: '#809e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #809e9b;
$custom-light: #a5bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#809e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67562,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#809E9B

secondary

#C3B7B8

accent

#7278B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#0F1111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #809E9B

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

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