#99BCBD#99BCBD

#99BCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.038 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCBD
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(182, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -11.48, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 12.30, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0357 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.038 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3028, 46.4115, 54.9691)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCBD #BD9A99

analogous

#99BDAC #99BCBD #99AABD

triadic

#99BCBD #BD99BC #BCBD99

tetradic

#99BCBD #AC99BD #BD9A99 #AABD99

square

#99BCBD #AC99BD #BD9A99 #AABD99

split-complementary

#99BCBD #BD99AA #BDAC99

monochromatic

#568485 #74A4A5 #99BCBD #BED4D5 #E3EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#99BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#99BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCBD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCBD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.038 198.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.0377,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCBD

secondary

#DFD4D3

accent

#4846A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCBD

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

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