#99BCAE#99BCAE

#99BCAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.043 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCAE
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(156, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(156, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -14.62, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 14.96, 167.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0419 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.043 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7580, 45.7936, 46.8332)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCAE #BC99A7

analogous

#99BC9D #99BCAE #99B9BC

triadic

#99BCAE #AE99BC #BCAE99

tetradic

#99BCAE #9D99BC #BC99A7 #B9BC99

square

#99BCAE #9D99BC #BC99A7 #B9BC99

split-complementary

#99BCAE #BC99B9 #BC9D99

monochromatic

#578472 #74A491 #99BCAE #BED4CB #E3EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#99BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#99BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCAE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCAE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.043 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0c6',
    500: '#99bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcae;
$custom-light: #b7d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76539,
    "c": 0.04272,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCAE

secondary

#DED3D7

accent

#466A9F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCAE

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

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