#9AB8B2#9AB8B2

#9AB8B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.034 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB8B2
RGB	rgb(154, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(168, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -11.39, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 11.39, 181.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0337 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.034 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5007, 44.3643, 48.6455)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB8B2 #B89AA0

analogous

#9AB8A3 #9AB8B2 #9AAFB8

triadic

#9AB8B2 #B29AB8 #B8B29A

tetradic

#9AB8B2 #A39AB8 #B89AA0 #AFB89A

square

#9AB8B2 #A39AB8 #B89AA0 #AFB89A

split-complementary

#9AB8B2 #B89AAF #B8A39A

monochromatic

#597F77 #769F97 #9AB8B2 #BED1CD #E2EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9AB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#9AB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB8B2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB8B2	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.034 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8cdc9',
    500: '#9ab8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab8b2;
$custom-light: #b8cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.03376,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB8B2

secondary

#DCD2D4

accent

#4A5A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB8B2

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

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