#99BCAF#99BCAF

#99BCAF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.042 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCAF
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(158, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(158, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -14.42, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 14.66, 169.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0415 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.042 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8559, 45.8327, 47.3485)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCAF #BC99A6

analogous

#99BC9E #99BCAF #99B8BC

triadic

#99BCAF #AF99BC #BCAF99

tetradic

#99BCAF #9E99BC #BC99A6 #B8BC99

square

#99BCAF #9E99BC #BC99A6 #B8BC99

split-complementary

#99BCAF #BC99B8 #BC9E99

monochromatic

#578473 #74A492 #99BCAF #BED4CC #E3EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#99BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#99BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCAF

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCAF	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.042 170.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.04206,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCAF

secondary

#DED3D7

accent

#46679F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCAF

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

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