#9BB5AE#9BB5AE

#9BB5AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.030 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5AE
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(164, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -10.30, 0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 10.31, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0302 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.03 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6795, 43.0714, 46.3646)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5AE #B59BA2

analogous

#9BB5A1 #9BB5AE #9BAFB5

triadic

#9BB5AE #AE9BB5 #B5AE9B

tetradic

#9BB5AE #A19BB5 #B59BA2 #AFB59B

square

#9BB5AE #A19BB5 #B59BA2 #AFB59B

split-complementary

#9BB5AE #B59BAF #B5A19B

monochromatic

#5B7B72 #789B92 #9BB5AE #BECFCA #E1E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9BB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#9BB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5AE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5AE	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.030 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8cbc6',
    500: '#9bb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5ae;
$custom-light: #b8cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.03022,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5AE

secondary

#DAD2D4

accent

#4C6199

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5AE

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

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