#9BB9BB#9BB9BB

#9BB9BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.033 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9BB
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -9.70, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 10.65, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0305 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.033 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8338, 45.2532, 53.6401)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9BB #BB9D9B

analogous

#9BBBAD #9BB9BB #9BA9BB

triadic

#9BB9BB #BB9BB9 #B9BB9B

tetradic

#9BB9BB #AD9BBB #BB9D9B #A9BB9B

square

#9BB9BB #AD9BBB #BB9D9B #A9BB9B

split-complementary

#9BB9BB #BB9BA9 #BBAD9B

monochromatic

#598083 #77A0A2 #9BB9BB #BFD3D4 #E4ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9BB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#9BB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9BB

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9BB	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.033 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cecf',
    500: '#9bb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9bb;
$custom-light: #b9cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.03273,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9BB

secondary

#DED4D4

accent

#4D489D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9BB

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

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