#99BCB5#99BCB5

#99BCB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.039 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCB5
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(168, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -13.18, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 13.19, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.039 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.039 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4583, 46.0737, 50.5212)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCB5 #BC99A0

analogous

#99BCA4 #99BCB5 #99B2BC

triadic

#99BCB5 #B599BC #BCB599

tetradic

#99BCB5 #A499BC #BC99A0 #B2BC99

square

#99BCB5 #A499BC #BC99A0 #B2BC99

split-complementary

#99BCB5 #BC99B2 #BCA499

monochromatic

#57847B #74A49A #99BCB5 #BED4D0 #E3EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#99BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#99BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCB5

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCB5	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.039 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0cb',
    500: '#99bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcb5;
$custom-light: #b7d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76744,
    "c": 0.03902,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCB5

secondary

#DED3D5

accent

#46589F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCB5

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

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