#99BCB9#99BCB9

#99BCB9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.038 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCB9
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(175, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -12.34, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 12.57, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0374 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.038 190)
XYZ	xyz(39.8746, 46.2402, 52.7139)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCB9 #BC999C

analogous

#99BCA8 #99BCB9 #99AEBC

triadic

#99BCB9 #B999BC #BCB999

tetradic

#99BCB9 #A899BC #BC999C #AEBC99

square

#99BCB9 #A899BC #BC999C #AEBC99

split-complementary

#99BCB9 #BC99AE #BCA899

monochromatic

#578480 #74A4A0 #99BCB9 #BED4D2 #E3EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#99BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#99BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCB9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCB9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.038 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0ce',
    500: '#99bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcb9;
$custom-light: #b7d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.03793,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.46242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCB9

secondary

#DED3D4

accent

#464E9F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCB9

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

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