#9BB3AA#9BB3AA

#9BB3AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.029 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3AA
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(158, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(158, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -10.05, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 10.21, 169.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.029 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.029 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8916, 42.1103, 44.2068)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3AA #B39BA4

analogous

#9BB39E #9BB3AA #9BB0B3

triadic

#9BB3AA #AA9BB3 #B3AA9B

tetradic

#9BB3AA #9E9BB3 #B39BA4 #B0B39B

square

#9BB3AA #9E9BB3 #B39BA4 #B0B39B

split-complementary

#9BB3AA #B39BB0 #B39E9B

monochromatic

#5B786D #78998C #9BB3AA #BECDC8 #E1E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9BB3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#9BB3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3AA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3AA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.029 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c9c3',
    500: '#9bb3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3aa;
$custom-light: #b8c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3AA

secondary

#D9D1D4

accent

#4E6998

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3AA

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

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