#99BCBC#99BCBC

#99BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.038 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCBC
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -11.70, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 12.33, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0361 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.038 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1946, 46.3682, 54.3994)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCBC #BC9999

analogous

#99BCAB #99BCBC #99ABBC

triadic

#99BCBC #BC99BC #BCBC99

tetradic

#99BCBC #AB99BC #BC9999 #ABBC99

square

#99BCBC #AB99BC #BC9999 #ABBC99

split-complementary

#99BCBC #BC99AB #BCAB99

monochromatic

#578484 #74A4A4 #99BCBC #BED4D4 #E3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#99BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#99BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCBC

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCBC	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.038 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0d0',
    500: '#99bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcbc;
$custom-light: #b7d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76958,
    "c": 0.03767,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCBC

secondary

#DED3D3

accent

#46469F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCBC

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

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