#99BCB4#99BCB4

#99BCB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.039 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCB4
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(166, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -13.39, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 13.39, 179.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0394 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.039 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3560, 46.0328, 49.9828)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCB4 #BC99A1

analogous

#99BCA3 #99BCB4 #99B3BC

triadic

#99BCB4 #B499BC #BCB499

tetradic

#99BCB4 #A399BC #BC99A1 #B3BC99

square

#99BCB4 #A399BC #BC99A1 #B3BC99

split-complementary

#99BCB4 #BC99B3 #BCA399

monochromatic

#57847A #74A499 #99BCB4 #BED4CF #E3EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#99BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#99BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCB4

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCB4	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.039 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0ca',
    500: '#99bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcb4;
$custom-light: #b7d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76714,
    "c": 0.03941,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCB4

secondary

#DED3D5

accent

#465B9F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCB4

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

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