#99BCBF#99BCBF

#99BCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.038 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BCBF
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -11.05, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 12.30, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0349 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.038 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5214, 46.4989, 56.1203)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BCBF #BF9C99

analogous

#99BFAF #99BCBF #99A9BF

triadic

#99BCBF #BF99BC #BCBF99

tetradic

#99BCBF #AF99BF #BF9C99 #A9BF99

square

#99BCBF #AF99BF #BF9C99 #A9BF99

split-complementary

#99BCBF #BF99A9 #BFAF99

monochromatic

#558488 #73A3A7 #99BCBF #BFD5D7 #E4EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#99BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#99BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BCBF

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BCBF	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.038 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7d0d2',
    500: '#99bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bcbf;
$custom-light: #b7d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77053,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BCBF

secondary

#E0D5D4

accent

#4C44A1

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BCBF

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

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