#99BCB8#99BCB8

#99BCB8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.038 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCB8
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(173, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -12.55, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 12.69, 188.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0378 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.038 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7694, 46.1982, 52.1599)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCB8 #BC999D

analogous

#99BCA7 #99BCB8 #99AFBC

triadic

#99BCB8 #B899BC #BCB899

tetradic

#99BCB8 #A799BC #BC999D #AFBC99

square

#99BCB8 #A799BC #BC999D #AFBC99

split-complementary

#99BCB8 #BC99AF #BCA799

monochromatic

#57847F #74A49E #99BCB8 #BED4D2 #E3EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#99BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#99BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCB8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCB8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.038 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0cd',
    500: '#99bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcb8;
$custom-light: #b7d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76835,
    "c": 0.03813,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCB8

secondary

#DED3D4

accent

#46519F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCB8

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

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